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River Park

River Park from directly overhead

River Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Stafford Road–Depot Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Access from Plains Road. Willimantic River Greenway trail leads to Lynch Landing and Mansfield Depot. Features include an accessible canoe launch, multi-use recreation field, and interpretive information.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79724, -72.30161
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 1.1 mi
  • Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Lisicke Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 1.8 mi
  • Patriots Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.2 mi
  • dog memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Old root cellar: 4.2 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 4.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 2.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 44
Waterfalls: 42
  • Cascades: 1.3 mi
  • Cascades: 1.4 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 19.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 7.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNW 323°294 m7.2 mi
Whifford HillNNE 19°291 m6.9 mi
Kendall HillNNW 340°290 m9.1 mi
Westford HillNE 34°290 m9.7 mi
Grant HillWNW 287°284 m4.6 mi
Sugar HillNNW 332°282 m7.6 mi
Reed HillWNW 303°275 m6.2 mi
Parker MountainNNE 18°275 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1072005661

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