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Mill Woods Park

Mill Woods Park from directly overhead

Mill Woods Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the east-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Churchill Green, a park 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wethersfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.68869, -72.66669
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Churchill Green: 0.4 mi
  • Harvey Fuller Grounds: 0.5 mi
  • Wolcott Green: 0.5 mi
  • Old Common: 1.3 mi
  • Savage Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 21
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 23.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainESE 122°265 m7.6 mi
Clark HillSE 132°241 m9.7 mi
Kongscut MountainE 87°234 m8.5 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 275°229 m8.5 mi
Raccoon HillSE 131°228 m8.3 mi
Great HillSE 143°222 m9.5 mi
Ragged MountainWSW 238°217 m9.4 mi
Minnechaug MountainENE 73°215 m8.2 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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • eastern redcedar12 obs
  • garlic mustard12 obs
  • purple loosestrife12 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • staghorn sumac11 obs
  • Painted Turtle10 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/1144558180

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