Hurd State Park
Hurd State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 70 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Split Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 70 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Split Rock: 0.3 mi
- White Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Hog Hill: 1.4 mi
- Big Hill: 1.7 mi
- Sexton Hill: 1.8 mi
- Haddam Wildflower Gorge (Ct Audubon Society): 1.0 mi
- George Dudley Seymour State Park: 1.0 mi
- Shailor Ledges Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Swan Hill Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Upper Pine Brook Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Brickyard Ballfield: 1.1 mi
- Rock Park: 2.2 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Cobolt Landing: 2.6 mi
- Higganum Reservoir Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 1.8 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 1.8 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 3.2 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 4.4 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Gingers Garden: 3.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.2 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 9.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 4.4 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 5.2 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 5.8 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 6.2 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.8 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.9 mi
- First Tear: 6.9 mi
- snake: 10.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 12.6 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 1.4 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 2.1 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.2 mi
- Glen Falls: 3.5 mi
- grindstone: 0.8 mi
- George Washington rock: 1.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 2.2 mi
- Bible Rock: 2.2 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 9.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.1 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 17.5 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 17.6 mi
- Grove Beach: 17.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Crow Point: 13.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 4.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Hurd State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | N 2° | 265 m | 7.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNE 12° | 241 m | 5.2 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | N 0° | 228 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | N 354° | 222 m | 4.1 mi |
| Baker Hill | NNE 33° | 204 m | 5.5 mi |
| Goose Hill | S 190° | 201 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 272° | 199 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SW 232° | 196 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 15 mi away.
- Painted Turtle251 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle89 obs
- Pond Slider29 obs
- mountain laurel21 obs
- American tuliptree15 obs
- American wintergreen15 obs
- wineberry15 obs
- Japanese angelica tree15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/77278192
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Essex · 14 mi
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
- Old Lyme · 19 mi
- East Lyme · 20 mi
- Montville · 21 mi
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