Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Berlin
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Hill: 0.6 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lamentation Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Snow Hill: 2.8 mi
- Well Site - Elton Road: 1.0 mi
- Pine Tree Rifle Club: 1.0 mi
- Carriage Drive Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Four Rod Road): 1.4 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Wildermere Road): 1.4 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 1.2 mi
- World War I Monument: 4.0 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 4.2 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 4.9 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 5.0 mi
- Percival Field: 1.5 mi
- Dennehy Field: 1.5 mi
- Paper Goods Pond Park: 1.7 mi
- Deming Park: 2.1 mi
- Sage Park: 2.1 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 2.6 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 4.2 mi
- New Britain Industrial Museum: 4.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.4 mi
- Westfield Falls: 4.1 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 6.7 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 7.2 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 7.3 mi
- 1954: 4.5 mi
- Hospital Rock: 6.3 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.8 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 7.7 mi
- Libby's Lump: 7.7 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.2 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 8.3 mi
- Home: 4.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 5.9 mi
- First Tear: 6.8 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 7.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 10.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 6.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 9.4 mi
- Boating Side: 13.3 mi
- Waterfront: 13.3 mi
- Green Wall: 6.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 7.0 mi
- South Wall: 11.1 mi
- Solar Panel: 11.1 mi
- Superstructure: 11.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Bicentennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | WNW 289° | 313 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | W 277° | 312 m | 9.3 mi |
| West Peak | SW 224° | 301 m | 4.2 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | WNW 283° | 290 m | 8.1 mi |
| Southington Mountain | W 267° | 281 m | 8.4 mi |
| East Peak | SW 217° | 277 m | 4.3 mi |
| Higby Mountain | SSE 148° | 272 m | 4.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 294° | 251 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43437398
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- East Windsor · 24 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
- Tolland · 28 mi
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