Dinosaur Tract Park
Dinosaur Tract Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is King Property, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- King Property: 0.6 mi
- Lucy Strickland Estate: 1.2 mi
- Curtis Woodland: 1.5 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road): 2.8 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 0.7 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Powder Hill: 0.9 mi
- Beseck Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 2.4 mi
- Beseck Lake Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Peckham Field: 1.0 mi
- Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA: 1.2 mi
- Benjamin J Nessing Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Kronenberger Park: 2.5 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 3.6 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 3.8 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 3.8 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 2.4 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 2.7 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.3 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.4 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 3.6 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 4.5 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 4.6 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 4.6 mi
- 1954: 3.3 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.4 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.5 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 5.5 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 0.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 12.2 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 16.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 16.5 mi
- First Tear: 5.0 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.6 mi
- snake: 7.3 mi
- Home: 11.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 11.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 6.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 7.0 mi
- Green Wall: 14.6 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 14.7 mi
- Crow Point: 15.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 3.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Dinosaur Tract Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | NW 305° | 301 m | 7.1 mi |
| East Peak | NW 304° | 277 m | 6.6 mi |
| Higby Mountain | N 351° | 272 m | 3.4 mi |
| Trimountain | S 186° | 232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | S 188° | 230 m | 4.2 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 307° | 220 m | 6.0 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NW 311° | 219 m | 1.1 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | S 184° | 210 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441044
Day trips start here
- Essex · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 26 mi
- East Lyme · 28 mi
- East Windsor · 30 mi
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