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Hayden Griswold Park

Hayden Griswold Park from directly overhead

Hayden Griswold Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckland Pond, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates41.74355, -72.57209
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.7 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 2.0 mi
  • Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 2.1 mi
  • Welles Park: 2.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.7 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Crow Point: 3.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.2 mi
  • South Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Hayden Griswold Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 62°284 m10.8 mi
Reed HillNE 51°275 m11.2 mi
MannantuckESE 115°273 m5.7 mi
John Tom HillESE 115°272 m5.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 169°265 m8.0 mi
Box HillNE 56°252 m7.3 mi
Clark HillSSE 167°241 m10.5 mi
Lookout MountainE 80°237 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398466

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