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Osbornedale State Park

Osbornedale State Park from directly overhead

Osbornedale State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Hunters Mountain stands 246 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Osborne Homestead Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
135 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33793, -73.10587

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Coon Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
  • Riverview Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pine Lot Fields: 1.0 mi
  • Ansonia Riverwalk Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens: 52
  • SIS Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.1 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Indian Well Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 24
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.3 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.6 mi
  • Millstone: 8.8 mi
  • Millstone: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pond View: 6.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Osbornedale State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunters MountainN 8°246 m9.0 mi
Moose HillN 351°231 m4.5 mi
Fivemile HillNNW 344°223 m6.4 mi
Towantic HillN 360°219 m8.6 mi
Jacks HillN 355°213 m9.1 mi
Osborn HillNW 307°206 m7.0 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 334°205 m7.9 mi
Beacon HillNNE 23°204 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel37 obs
  • Rose campion25 obs
  • Huron Skipper21 obs
  • Monarch20 obs
  • wineberry18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal16 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle16 obs
  • Pickerel Frog15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/74111405

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