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Nicholas Foran Park

Nicholas Foran Park from directly overhead

Nicholas Foran Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartl Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of East Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.75304, -72.59818
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 0.9 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bicentennial Square: 1.5 mi
  • Millbrook Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Addison Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 4.0 mi
  • Keney Tower: 4.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.6 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Crow Point: 3.3 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.1 mi
  • South Wall: 10.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 10.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Nicholas Foran Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 292°276 m11.1 mi
MannantuckESE 115°273 m7.2 mi
John Tom HillESE 115°272 m7.2 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 161°265 m9.0 mi
Box HillENE 65°252 m8.2 mi
Ely MoundWNW 284°246 m10.9 mi
Clark HillSSE 161°241 m11.5 mi
Lookout MountainE 88°237 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/951534711

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