Nature reserve · Connecticut
Creaser Park
Creaser Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodbridge Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
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- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
Coordinates41.77965, -72.35943
- 20.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Woodbridge Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Bishop Lane Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Wrights Mill Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Daly Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Nathan Hale Homestead: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Lisicke Beach: 1.7 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 2.7 mi
- Patriots Park: 2.8 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Riley Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Grant Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.0 mi
- Monument Hill: 4.0 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
- dog memorial: 2.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.8 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.2 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 5.6 mi
Museums
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 5.6 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.8 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 6.2 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 6.3 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 6.3 mi
Artworks
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 5.7 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 5.8 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.8 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 5.8 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 51
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 48
- filled-in well: 5.9 mi
- Wolf Rock: 7.7 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 8.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 9.0 mi
- Insect Hotel: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 47
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Case Falls: 6.8 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 7.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Flag Rock: 4.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 8.3 mi
- Crow Point: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 5
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 15.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 19.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 5.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic: 21.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Creaser Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | N 349° | 294 m | 7.1 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NE 34° | 291 m | 9.3 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 359° | 290 m | 9.7 mi |
| Grant Hill | NNW 331° | 284 m | 2.9 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 356° | 282 m | 7.9 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNW 334° | 275 m | 5.0 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNE 31° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mannantuck | SW 230° | 273 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/551335818
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Tolland · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
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