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Jack

Jack from directly overhead

Jack is an artwork in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.77134, -72.66778
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.1 mi
  • Wexford Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mortensen Riverfront Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Thomas Hooker Square: 0.4 mi
  • Keney Memorial Tower: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascades: 8.6 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 5.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 6.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.8 mi
  • South Wall: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Jack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 293°276 m7.3 mi
MannantuckESE 113°273 m10.9 mi
John Tom HillESE 113°272 m10.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 146°265 m11.7 mi
Box HillE 79°252 m11.2 mi
Ely MoundWNW 282°246 m7.1 mi
Lookout MountainE 97°237 m9.4 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 121°234 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8729324783

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