Richard E. Gorman Park
Richard E. Gorman Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Landers Road Parcel, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What the record says
- Elevation
- 25 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Hartford Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Landers Road Parcel: 0.5 mi
- Long Hill Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Pine Hill Woods Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Shelley Lane Open Space: 0.6 mi
- William Pitkin Park: 0.6 mi
- Round Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bush Hill: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wickham Hill: 3.4 mi
- Toby Hill: 3.7 mi
- Addison Park: 0.8 mi
- Goodwin Park: 0.8 mi
- Welles Park: 1.1 mi
- Millbrook Playground: 1.3 mi
- Hockanum Park: 1.9 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 1.8 mi
- Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum: 2.3 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.6 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 3.5 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 3.5 mi
- Frog: 1.8 mi
- Equality: 3.7 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 4.0 mi
- Emancipation: 4.2 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 4.2 mi
- Constitution Oak: 3.5 mi
- Hay Tedder: 4.2 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.2 mi
- Keney Tower: 4.9 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.5 mi
- Warner Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 4.4 mi
- William H. Putnam: 4.5 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 4.7 mi
- Hunger Strikers Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cascades: 5.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.5 mi
- Case Falls: 5.6 mi
- Dividend Falls: 6.6 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.4 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 3.5 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.5 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.5 mi
- Crow Point: 2.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.4 mi
- South Wall: 10.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.8 mi
- Superstructure: 10.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 8.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Richard E. Gorman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ESE 107° | 273 m | 6.5 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 107° | 272 m | 6.5 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 160° | 265 m | 7.8 mi |
| Box Hill | ENE 57° | 252 m | 8.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 160° | 241 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 77° | 237 m | 5.7 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 121° | 234 m | 5.5 mi |
| Birch Mountain | E 81° | 233 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 | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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, 3 mi away.
- autumn olive21 obs
- garlic mustard20 obs
- pink lady's slipper17 obs
- eastern white pine16 obs
- sheep laurel15 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel14 obs
- American pokeweed14 obs
- bittersweet nightshade14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/951534729
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- Storrs · 18 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
- Willimantic · 19 mi
Take the scenic way to Richard E. Gorman Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.