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Gay City State Park

Gay City State Park from directly overhead

Gay City State Park is a ghost town in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth Heights, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

recreation area in Connecticut, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1944
Getting there

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Coordinates41.72611, -72.44000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 3.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 4.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 4.2 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 4.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 59
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.4 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.0 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 7.6 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Gay City State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNE 15°294 m11.1 mi
Grant HillNNE 23°284 m6.9 mi
Reed HillNNE 13°275 m8.5 mi
MannantuckSW 235°273 m2.1 mi
John Tom HillSW 235°272 m2.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSW 219°265 m8.5 mi
Box HillN 352°252 m5.3 mi
Clark HillSSW 206°241 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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