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Gould Parklet

Gould Parklet from directly overhead

Gould Parklet is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lutz Children's Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75514, -72.52723

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Nebo Park: 0.7 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 1.3 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.3 mi
  • Center Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 1.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.0 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Flag Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Crow Point: 5.7 mi
  • South Wall: 14.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Gould Parklet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNE 40°294 m11.3 mi
Grant HillENE 59°284 m8.4 mi
Reed HillNE 46°275 m9.0 mi
MannantuckSE 139°273 m4.3 mi
John Tom HillSE 139°272 m4.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 185°265 m8.7 mi
Box HillNE 49°252 m5.0 mi
Clark HillS 180°241 m11.1 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/1060179673

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