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Marion K Wilcox Park

Marion K Wilcox Park from directly overhead

Marion K Wilcox Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Simsbury Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

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Coordinates41.88261, -72.76751
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Curtiss Park: 1.0 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 1.1 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 1.2 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 1.5 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 1.4 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 1.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 1.5 mi
  • Tim Coyne Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Farm Tool: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions: 56
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 1.9 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 2.7 mi
  • King Philip's Cave: 3.5 mi
  • Boehm house site: 3.7 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.3 mi
  • Cow: 4.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.1 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 5.5 mi
  • Painted Cow: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 54
Gardens: 54
  • Perennial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 7.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 7.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 8.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Marion K Wilcox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 307°421 m10.3 mi
Washington HillWNW 303°359 m9.0 mi
Ratlum MountainW 273°358 m8.3 mi
Breezy HillW 266°327 m8.9 mi
Pine ConeNW 311°323 m7.0 mi
West LedgeW 281°305 m5.6 mi
Talcott MountainSSW 198°276 m5.2 mi
East HillWSW 252°261 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Black Bear15 obs
  • common mugwort15 obs
  • multiflora rose14 obs
  • garlic mustard13 obs
  • red columbine12 obs
  • alder buckthorn12 obs
  • Common Watersnake11 obs
  • yellow trout lily11 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/43437350

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