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Roaring Brook Park

Roaring Brook Park from directly overhead

Roaring Brook Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Brook Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Cheshire
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.48188, -72.93587
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.8 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.6 mi
  • South Quad: 4.9 mi
  • Honor Hill Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Forger Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bartlem Park: 1.7 mi
  • The Church Green: 2.1 mi
  • Canfield Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Bethany Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 51
Attractions: 51
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.0 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.0 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 10.5 mi
  • 1954: 11.3 mi
  • Millstone: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
  • Pond View: 19.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Roaring Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNE 41°301 m7.3 mi
Southington MountainN 356°281 m8.2 mi
East PeakNE 45°277 m7.3 mi
Andrews HillW 271°275 m8.0 mi
Woodruff HillW 273°273 m9.8 mi
Mount SanfordSSW 206°263 m1.5 mi
Turkey HillNW 311°263 m4.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 302°260 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436713

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