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Parola Property

Parola Property from directly overhead

Parola Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wethersfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.69428, -72.70259
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Farms Village Park: 0.8 mi
  • Colonel John Chester Park: 1.0 mi
  • Robbins Green: 1.1 mi
  • Badger Field: 1.2 mi
  • Mary Welles Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.7 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 7.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 21.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Parola Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 329°276 m9.5 mi
Higby MountainSSW 191°272 m10.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 118°265 m9.4 mi
Ely MoundNW 323°246 m8.5 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 274°229 m6.6 mi
Raccoon HillSE 126°228 m10.0 mi
Ragged MountainSW 229°217 m8.1 mi
Minnechaug MountainENE 78°215 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1009186764

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