Graffiti Arches
Graffiti Arches is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away.
Concrete arches. A space designated by the town for residents to paint.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quarry Park: 0.3 mi
- Pratt Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Elm Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
- Geary Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Red Hill Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Ferry Park: 0.3 mi
- Shipyard Park: 0.4 mi
- Ferry Landing Park: 0.6 mi
- Center Green: 0.7 mi
- Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 0.4 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 0.4 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 1.7 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 1.8 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 4.1 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.6 mi
- Frog: 6.0 mi
- Equality: 6.2 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 6.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 0.3 mi
- Red Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 1.7 mi
- Harriss Hill: 2.2 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 2.8 mi
- Constitution Oak: 2.9 mi
- Hay Tedder: 6.0 mi
- Car Wreck: 6.7 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 7.1 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 7.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 1.7 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 1.7 mi
- Billings Manufacturing 1884: 1.8 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1677: 1.8 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.0 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 1.7 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.2 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Westfield Falls: 7.5 mi
- Glen Falls: 8.0 mi
- Crow Point: 2.6 mi
- Green Wall: 10.5 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 10.5 mi
- South Wall: 10.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 14.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.4 mi
- Boating Side: 21.1 mi
- Waterfront: 21.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Graffiti Arches. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 73° | 273 m | 8.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 73° | 272 m | 8.7 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 121° | 265 m | 5.5 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 76° | 234 m | 7.0 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 133° | 228 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | SSE 147° | 222 m | 7.5 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | ENE 59° | 215 m | 7.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 119° | 206 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/551457172
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- East Windsor · 17 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 22 mi
- Somers · 24 mi
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