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Angus Park

Angus Park from directly overhead

Angus Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69414, -72.53090

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Butler Field: 0.2 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.6 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 2.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 3.2 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 0.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 1.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.1 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Cascades: 3.4 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 4.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.9 mi
  • South Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Angus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 71°273 m3.2 mi
John Tom HillENE 71°272 m3.2 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 188°265 m4.5 mi
Box HillNNE 28°252 m8.5 mi
Clark HillS 178°241 m6.8 mi
Post HillE 99°239 m10.1 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 29°237 m4.8 mi
Kongscut MountainE 86°234 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278756

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