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Day Pond State Park

Day Pond State Park from directly overhead

Day Pond State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Day Pond Brook Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
140 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.55494, -72.41629
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Fireman's Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Nichols Field: 2.7 mi
  • Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
  • Connor's Way: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 4.7 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 5.4 mi
  • Major General Joseph Spencer: 5.7 mi
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 7.0 mi
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 7.2 mi
Gardens
  • Gingers Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 8.9 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 10.2 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 53
Attractions: 46
  • Mill Turbine: 3.1 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 4.6 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 5.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 41
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Old Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Day Pond State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainNW 309°265 m8.3 mi
Clark HillWNW 296°241 m6.3 mi
Post HillNNE 27°239 m9.0 mi
Burnt HillN 10°229 m9.6 mi
Raccoon HillWNW 300°228 m7.7 mi
Great HillWNW 284°222 m7.4 mi
Clark HillNW 308°206 m9.7 mi
Baker HillWNW 301°204 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American wintergreen20 obs
  • mountain laurel17 obs
  • American Toad15 obs
  • striped wintergreen15 obs
  • red trillium14 obs
  • sassafras13 obs
  • partridgeberry13 obs
  • azure bluet12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/961754685

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