River Highlands State Park
River Highlands State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cromwell Fish & Game Club, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cromwell Fish & Game Club: 0.7 mi
- Cromwell Fire District Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Abe Tempkin Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Old Maids Farm Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Taylor–Edgewood Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Nooks Hill: 1.1 mi
- Strickland Hill: 2.2 mi
- Jouncer Hill: 2.7 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 2.7 mi
- Crow Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 2.8 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 3.4 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 3.5 mi
- Oakwood Soccer Park: 1.6 mi
- Cromwell Landing: 1.7 mi
- Watrous Park: 1.7 mi
- Pierson Park: 1.8 mi
- Bransfield Park: 1.9 mi
- Butler Saw Mill: 1.7 mi
- Butler Grist Mill: 1.8 mi
- Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 1.8 mi
- Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 1.8 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 2.0 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.3 mi
- Cascades: 4.0 mi
- The Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 4.9 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.6 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.5 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 4.8 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.9 mi
- Constitution Oak: 6.6 mi
- 1954: 7.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 4.2 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 4.3 mi
- First Tear: 4.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 5.8 mi
- Home: 8.5 mi
- Crow Point: 6.2 mi
- Green Wall: 11.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.0 mi
- South Wall: 13.5 mi
- Solar Panel: 13.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.3 mi
- Boating Side: 21.2 mi
- Waterfront: 21.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of River Highlands State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SW 231° | 272 m | 7.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | E 79° | 265 m | 4.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 106° | 241 m | 5.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | E 96° | 228 m | 4.4 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 124° | 222 m | 4.6 mi |
| Camels Hump | SW 228° | 207 m | 7.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 64° | 206 m | 3.8 mi |
| Baker Hill | ESE 106° | 204 m | 7.6 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, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage15 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
- American wintergreen13 obs
- eastern white pine11 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- eastern redcedar10 obs
- purple loosestrife10 obs
- autumn olive10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/75821281
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- East Windsor · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Tolland · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 22 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
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