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Kiely Park

Kiely Park from directly overhead

Kiely Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Crandall Hill stands 137 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jabez Smith Homestead, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 11 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.35086, -72.03066

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 25
Waterfalls: 21
  • Cascade: 0.5 mi
  • Cascade: 0.8 mi
  • Silver Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 20
Gardens: 14
  • Bertholf Plaza: 4.0 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 4.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Factory Pond: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Kiely Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crandall HillNW 325°137 m8.7 mi
Church HillNNE 12°120 m7.5 mi
Konomoc HillWNW 298°112 m8.1 mi
Pie HillNW 319°109 m8.3 mi
Gungywamp HillNNW 341°108 m3.7 mi
Vinegar HillNNW 346°108 m5.2 mi
Haughton MountainNNW 328°103 m7.7 mi
Jeremy HillNE 53°101 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1115:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen48 obs
  • American wintergreen45 obs
  • Canada mayflower36 obs
  • multiflora rose36 obs
  • sassafras34 obs
  • shining sumac31 obs
  • wood anemone30 obs
  • common jewelweed29 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43440073

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