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Fairway Park

Fairway Park from directly overhead

Fairway Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Neipsic Tennis Club, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74124, -72.52509

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 1.4 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 2.2 mi
  • Center Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 0.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 2.7 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.1 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.0 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Flag Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Crow Point: 5.3 mi
  • South Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Fairway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 54°284 m8.8 mi
Reed HillNE 41°275 m9.6 mi
MannantuckSE 130°273 m3.5 mi
John Tom HillSE 129°272 m3.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 187°265 m7.7 mi
Box HillNE 41°252 m5.6 mi
Clark HillS 180°241 m10.1 mi
Post HillESE 117°239 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399372

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