New Milford, Connecticut: Scale Model of the Solar System - The Sun
Six-foot-diameter sun is one of 12 local sites with scaled-down planetary bodies arranged to represent Earth's solar system. Directions to all planets available at New Milford's public library.
- Address:
- 388 Danbury Rd, New Milford, CT
- Directions:
- On the south edge of town, outside of New Milford High School, which is on the west side of US 202/Danbury Rd across from the golf course. Park at the farthest south lot of the high school, all the way in the back, next to the track. You'll see a small observatory building; the Sun stands next to it.
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Scale Model of the Solar System - The Sun Small park-like setting with the sun in the center. [Ken H, 09/11/2010][RA: Unveiled in 2009, the six-foot-diameter sun is one of 12 locations around town with scaled-down space spheres. Directions to all of them, as well as a "passport," are available at the town library.]
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