Dinosaur State Park
Dinosaur State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center, a museum 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 0.2 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.3 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 2.9 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Elm Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Forge Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- West Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Elm Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Corporate Place Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Butler Grist Mill: 0.8 mi
- Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 0.8 mi
- Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 0.8 mi
- Butler Saw Mill: 0.9 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 1.0 mi
- Center Green: 1.0 mi
- Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 1.4 mi
- Watrous Park: 1.5 mi
- Shipyard Park: 1.5 mi
- Ferry Park: 1.6 mi
- Dividend Falls: 1.0 mi
- Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.0 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.9 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 1.8 mi
- Vexation Hill: 2.8 mi
- Nooks Hill: 2.9 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 4.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 3.5 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.7 mi
- First Tear: 6.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.6 mi
- Home: 6.8 mi
- Constitution Oak: 4.2 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 5.7 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 6.9 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 7.0 mi
- Hay Tedder: 7.4 mi
- Crow Point: 4.3 mi
- Green Wall: 9.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 10.0 mi
- South Wall: 11.0 mi
- Solar Panel: 11.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.0 mi
- Boating Side: 20.1 mi
- Waterfront: 20.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Dinosaur State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SSW 214° | 272 m | 8.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 104° | 265 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 121° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 68° | 234 m | 8.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ESE 117° | 228 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 134° | 222 m | 7.0 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | NE 55° | 215 m | 8.7 mi |
| Camels Hump | SSW 211° | 207 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 6 mi away.
- American wintergreen33 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly29 obs
- eastern redcedar27 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage26 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush26 obs
- bloodroot21 obs
- buttonbush21 obs
- sensitive fern20 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/470737113
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Tolland · 21 mi
- Storrs · 23 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
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