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Kelly Park

Kelly Park from directly overhead

Kelly Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Woods Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wethersfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.68978, -72.65895
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Harvey Fuller Grounds: 0.5 mi
  • Churchill Green: 0.6 mi
  • Wolcott Green: 0.6 mi
  • Savage Park: 1.3 mi
  • Rose Green: 1.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Graffiti Arches: 1.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Warner Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 3.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 21
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Kelly Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 82°273 m9.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 124°265 m7.3 mi
Clark HillSE 134°241 m9.5 mi
Kongscut MountainE 87°234 m8.1 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 275°229 m8.9 mi
Raccoon HillSE 133°228 m8.0 mi
Great HillSE 145°222 m9.3 mi
Minnechaug MountainENE 72°215 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1009186772

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