Buckingham Park
Buckingham Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckingham Island Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 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
- 27.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckingham Island Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Hurlburt Corner Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Stanley Drive Streambelt: 0.8 mi
- Town of Glastonbury: 0.9 mi
- Greentree Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mannantuck: 2.9 mi
- Hay Tedder: 1.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 1.6 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.6 mi
- Insect Hotel: 4.9 mi
- Constitution Oak: 6.4 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.6 mi
- Butler Field: 1.8 mi
- Addison Park: 2.9 mi
- Mount Nebo Park: 3.0 mi
- Rotary Field: 3.1 mi
- Frog: 2.1 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.8 mi
- Equality: 7.3 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 7.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 2.7 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 3.2 mi
- The Fire Museum: 3.3 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 3.4 mi
- Museum on the Green: 4.2 mi
- Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 3.6 mi
- Case Falls: 3.6 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 3.8 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 4.2 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 4.6 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 6.3 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 6.4 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 6.6 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 5.2 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.2 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.3 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.4 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 6.5 mi
- Crow Point: 4.7 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.5 mi
- South Wall: 14.4 mi
- Solar Panel: 14.4 mi
- Superstructure: 14.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 19.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 21.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 4.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Buckingham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NE 47° | 284 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 102° | 273 m | 2.9 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 102° | 272 m | 2.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 187° | 265 m | 6.1 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 33° | 252 m | 7.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 179° | 241 m | 8.5 mi |
| Post Hill | ESE 108° | 239 m | 10.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 40° | 237 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949278857
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Storrs · 16 mi
- Willimantic · 16 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
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