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American Italian Civic Club Park

American Italian Civic Club Park from directly overhead

American Italian Civic Club Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterville Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
American-Italian Civic Club
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.59055, -73.03726
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 60
  • Cascade: 2.3 mi
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 6.7 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 6.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 2.4 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 2.4 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Ben Franklin: 2.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 2.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 2.6 mi
  • Maori Head: 2.7 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 2.3 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 9.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 9.1 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 21
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Pond View: 21.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cold Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of American Italian Civic Club Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 49°313 m6.1 mi
Lindsley HillENE 59°312 m4.3 mi
Lattin HillNNW 330°310 m7.5 mi
Walnut HillNNW 328°307 m7.4 mi
Clinton HillNE 38°303 m2.4 mi
Becar HillNE 51°297 m3.3 mi
Pine HillN 352°295 m5.1 mi
Great HillSW 232°292 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Castor-Aralia6 obs
  • Bobcat4 obs
  • Asian bittersweet4 obs
  • Japanese knotweed4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • dandelions3 obs
  • American pokeweed3 obs
  • wide leek3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1203819308

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