J.B. Williams Park
J.B. Williams Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 93 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Neipsic Springs Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What the record says
- Elevation
- 93 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Neipsic Springs Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Neipsic Springs Subdivision 4 (2 Parcels): 0.3 mi
- Neipsic Bog Reserve: 0.4 mi
- The Woods At Glastonbury: 0.5 mi
- Fairlawn Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.5 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Rotary Field: 1.4 mi
- Butler Field: 1.6 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 2.0 mi
- Addison Park: 2.3 mi
- Woodbridge Park: 2.5 mi
- Hay Tedder: 1.5 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.9 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 3.2 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.1 mi
- Insect Hotel: 5.5 mi
- Frog: 2.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.8 mi
- Equality: 6.6 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 6.9 mi
- Emancipation: 7.1 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.7 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 3.4 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 4.0 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 4.3 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.4 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 3.1 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 4.7 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 4.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 4.9 mi
- Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.2 mi
- Case Falls: 5.2 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 5.1 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 5.7 mi
- Crow Point: 3.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.1 mi
- South Wall: 13.3 mi
- Solar Panel: 13.4 mi
- Superstructure: 13.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 6.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of J.B. Williams Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | E 85° | 273 m | 4.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 85° | 272 m | 4.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 173° | 265 m | 5.1 mi |
| Box Hill | NE 37° | 252 m | 8.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 169° | 241 m | 7.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 45° | 237 m | 5.0 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 102° | 234 m | 2.8 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NE 50° | 233 m | 4.9 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 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.
- pink lady's slipper27 obs
- striped wintergreen26 obs
- eastern white pine22 obs
- sheep laurel18 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 obs
- alder buckthorn17 obs
- garlic mustard17 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel16 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/947591109
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Storrs · 17 mi
- Willimantic · 17 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
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