- Elevation, modelled
- 85 m
- Tallest summit within 10.5 miles
- Paulk Hill294 m · 7.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Connecticut State Route 16917.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 41.7972, -72.3016
River Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 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.
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NW 323° | 294 m | 7.2 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNE 19° | 291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kendall Hill | NNW 340° | 290 m | 9.1 mi |
| Westford Hill | NE 34° | 290 m | 9.7 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 287° | 284 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NNW 332° | 282 m | 7.6 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 303° | 275 m | 6.2 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNE 18° | 275 m | 8.2 mi |
- 17.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
- 21.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
Named places within 25 miles
- Stafford Road–Depot Road Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Williams Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth Couch Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Four Arrows Adventure Course: 0.9 mi
- Windswept Way Open Space: 0.9 mi
- 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
- Riley Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.0 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 3.1 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pinney Hill: 3.8 mi
- 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
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.4 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 3.1 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 3.2 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 2.5 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 2.5 mi
- The Walking Wall: 2.6 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 2.6 mi
- The Walking Wall: 2.6 mi
- 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
- Wolf Rock: 5.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.9 mi
- filled-in well: 8.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 10.5 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 11.6 mi
- 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
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 20.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.6 mi
- Crow Point: 17.4 mi
- 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
- Gay City State Park: 8.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.8 mi
- Picnic: 19.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 7.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 4 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 3 mi
- Tolland · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 7 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 14 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Union · 15 mi
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