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Little Brook Park

Little Brook Park from directly overhead

Little Brook Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlewyck Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65463, -72.70640

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Butler Saw Mill: 3.3 mi
  • Butler Grist Mill: 3.3 mi
  • Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 3.5 mi
  • Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 58
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 23.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Little Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSSW 194°272 m7.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 101°265 m8.6 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 296°229 m7.1 mi
Ragged MountainWSW 247°217 m6.5 mi
Bradley MountainW 272°207 m6.8 mi
Camels HumpSSW 193°207 m8.0 mi
Clark HillE 97°206 m7.4 mi
Killkenny RocksNNW 327°194 m8.5 mi

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439327

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