Heublein Tower
Heublein Tower is a 165-foot-tall architectural tower located in Talcott Mountain State Park in Simsbury, Connecticut. It provides panoramic views of the Hartford skyline, the Farmington River Valley, and surrounding areas that are particularly spectacular in the fall.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Talcott Mountain and Talcott Mountain Science Center.
Talcott Mountain
Peak
Photo: Jehochman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Talcott Mountain is a 950-foot high point in central Connecticut, lying along a 13-mile trap rock ridge 6 miles west of the city of Hartford. A prominent landscape feature, the ridge forms a continuous line of exposed western cliffs visible across the Farmington River valley from Farmington to Simsbury.
Talcott Mountain Science Center
School
Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement is a non profit corporation in Avon, Connecticut. It is dedicated to the improvement of science education and does so by working directly with students, teachers, and the general public. Talcott Mountain Science Center is situated 1 mile south of Heublein Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Weatogue Historic District and Avon.
East Weatogue Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The East Weatogue Historic District is a 490-acre historic district in the town of Simsbury, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Avon
Bloomfield
Town
Photo: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bloomfield is a suburb of Hartford in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. The town's population was 21,535 at the 2020 census, Bloomfield's highest decennial census count ever. Bloomfield is situated 3 miles east of Heublein Tower.
Heublein Tower
- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—noon and 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: museum, tower, and tourism
- Location: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.82588° or 41° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
-72.7985° or 72° 47′ 55″ westNamed after
Heublein familyOpen location code
87H9R6G2+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 344658948OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5748144
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In Other Languages
“Heublein Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “休伯萊恩塔”
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