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Bishop Drive Parklet

Bishop Drive Parklet from directly overhead

Bishop Drive Parklet is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Road Soccer Complex, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Parklet (End Of Bishop Drive)

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80488, -72.49859

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 0.1 mi
  • Scott Drive Parklet: 0.4 mi
  • Hop River State Park Trail Head: 0.5 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 0.6 mi
  • Salter's Pond: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.6 mi
  • Major John Mason Statue: 8.0 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • dog memorial: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 3.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.6 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Bishop Drive Parklet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNE 22°315 m11.5 mi
Paulk HillNE 48°294 m7.8 mi
Kendall HillNE 41°290 m10.6 mi
Grant HillE 82°284 m5.8 mi
Sugar HillNE 47°282 m9.0 mi
Reed HillENE 61°275 m5.7 mi
MannantuckSSE 169°273 m6.8 mi
John Tom HillSSE 169°272 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436304

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