Nature reserve · Connecticut
Portland Riverfront Park
Portland Riverfront Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Agogliati Field, a park 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Portland
How to reach it
Coordinates41.58260, -72.64146
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Agogliati Field: 0.3 mi
- Riverport Park at Frisbee Landing: 0.3 mi
- Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park: 0.4 mi
- Cromwell Landing: 0.8 mi
- Community Center: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Portland Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Cromwell Meadows State Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
- Taylor–Edgewood Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Bartlett Hill Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Old Stage Road): 1.3 mi
- Bartlett Street Open Space: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 1.8 mi
- Connecticut Trees of Honor Memorial: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Crow Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
- Nooks Hill: 1.9 mi
- Foss Hill: 2.1 mi
- Staddle Hill: 2.1 mi
Gardens
- Erin Street Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.0 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
- Westfield Falls: 3.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 4.3 mi
- Dividend Falls: 4.4 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 59
- Come On Over Wall: 1.0 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 5.3 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.3 mi
- 1954: 5.5 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 57
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 1.8 mi
- First Tear: 2.2 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.4 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.3 mi
- Home: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 30
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 16.3 mi
- Boating Side: 20.9 mi
- Waterfront: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Crow Point: 8.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Green Wall: 12.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 11.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 22.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Portland Riverfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | WSW 247° | 272 m | 5.6 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ENE 57° | 265 m | 6.1 mi |
| Clark Hill | E 82° | 241 m | 6.0 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ENE 69° | 228 m | 5.3 mi |
| Great Hill | E 92° | 222 m | 4.5 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | SW 229° | 219 m | 7.2 mi |
| Camels Hump | WSW 242° | 207 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 45° | 206 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/971183291
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- East Windsor · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 24 mi
- Tolland · 24 mi
- Willimantic · 24 mi
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