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Rainbow Park

Rainbow Park from directly overhead

Rainbow Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Washington Hill stands 359 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Reservoir Boat Launch, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.91593, -72.69926

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rainbow Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
  • outdoor classroom: 1.2 mi
  • John R. Welch Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels): 1.6 mi
  • Denslow Street Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Tim Coyne Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 2.8 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 3.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Lighthouse Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hatchett Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Taintor Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Birges Hill: 3.4 mi
Artworks
  • Cow: 5.5 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 6.8 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 7.4 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.9 mi
  • Painted Cow: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 53
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.3 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 2.7 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 48
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 10.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Rainbow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Washington HillWNW 283°359 m11.4 mi
Pine ConeWNW 285°323 m9.1 mi
West LedgeW 262°305 m9.1 mi
Talcott MountainSW 215°276 m8.8 mi
East HillWSW 246°261 m11.0 mi
Onion MountainWSW 248°253 m10.0 mi
Ely MoundSSW 212°246 m10.1 mi
Weed HillWNW 282°241 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen132 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander91 obs
  • Painted Turtle61 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel57 obs
  • American Robin51 obs
  • American wintergreen49 obs
  • eastern white pine48 obs
  • partridgeberry45 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359290069

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