Mount Parnassus

Mount Parnassus is a hamlet in Town of East Haddam, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Mount Parnassus is situated nearby to the hamlet Bailey Beach, as well as near Little Haddam.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Warner House and Franklin Academy.

Warner House

Building

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The Warner House is a historic house at 307 Town Street in East Haddam, Connecticut. Built in 1738, it is notable for its high quality interior woodwork and hardware, the latter of which were probably made by some of its owners. Warner House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mount Parnassus.

Franklin Academy

School

Franklin Academy is a co-ed special education boarding school in East Haddam, Connecticut, serving students in grades 8-12 as well as post-graduate students. Franklin Academy is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mount Parnassus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Haddam and East Haddam.

Little Haddam

Hamlet

The Little Haddam Historic District is a historic district encompassing a rural village center at Orchard and Town Roads in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. Little Haddam is situated 2 miles west of Mount Parnassus.

East Haddam

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

East Haddam is a town of about 9,000 people in the Connecticut River Valley in the state of Connecticut.

Moodus

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moodus is a village in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. The village is the basis of a census-designated place of the same name. The population of the CDP was 1,982 as of the census of 2020. Moodus is situated 3 miles northwest of Mount Parnassus.

Mount Parnassus

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Town Hill”
Category: locality
Location: Town of East Haddam, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.47177° or 41° 28′ 18″ north

Longitude

-72.41286° or 72° 24′ 46″ west

Elevation

571 feet (174 metres)

Open location code

87H9FHCP+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158856547

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4839035

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