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Lions Memorial Park

Lions Memorial Park from directly overhead

Lions Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Carousel, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75883, -72.88183

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 60
  • Carousel: 0.1 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 0.1 mi
  • The Carrals: 0.1 mi
  • Kettles: 0.1 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Suburban Park: 0.1 mi
  • Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sycamore Hills Park: 1.4 mi
  • Malerbo Rec Complex: 1.6 mi
  • Tunxis Mead Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 0.1 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.5 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.0 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls
Gardens: 53
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.5 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 27
  • Solar Panel: 4.2 mi
  • South Wall: 4.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 11.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Lions Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillWNW 294°360 m9.1 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW 345°358 m9.3 mi
Johnnycake MountainW 267°354 m5.8 mi
Breezy HillNNW 339°327 m8.5 mi
South MountainSSW 204°313 m8.3 mi
Yellow MountainNW 312°310 m8.3 mi
Harmony HillWNW 284°304 m9.0 mi
Scranton MountainW 272°300 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440283

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