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Quarry Park Preserve

Quarry Park Preserve from directly overhead

Quarry Park Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairmont Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of New Haven
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.30139, -72.88083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairmont Park: 0.6 mi
  • Quinnipiac River Park: 0.6 mi
  • Peat Meadow Park: 0.7 mi
  • Griswold Triangle: 0.8 mi
  • Eastview Public Housing Playground: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Reservoir Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Snake Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Chidsey Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Raynham Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 29th Colored Regiment Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Joseph W. Lenzi: 1.9 mi
  • World War Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • World War II Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 46
Attractions: 23
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 2.4 mi
  • John B Pierce: 2.7 mi
  • An American Dream: 2.7 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 3.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Pond View: 18.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Quarry Park Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 337°216 m8.3 mi
Mount CarmelN 357°206 m8.9 mi
Meeting House HillNW 325°193 m10.5 mi
Round HillNW 313°190 m8.7 mi
Peck HillNW 304°183 m9.5 mi
Totoket MountainNE 42°176 m8.9 mi
Peck HillWNW 302°171 m9.4 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 55°167 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1116686930

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