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Rowland Park

Rowland Park from directly overhead

Rowland Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Westside Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Waterbury
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.55403, -73.06249
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Chase Park: 0.4 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 0.5 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 56
  • Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 48
Attractions: 47
Artworks: 35
  • Whale Sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 0.9 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 1.0 mi
  • Maori Head: 1.5 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.3 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 11.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Pond View: 18.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cold Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Rowland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillNE 46°312 m6.9 mi
Clinton HillNNE 32°303 m5.2 mi
Becar HillNE 40°297 m6.0 mi
Pine HillN 4°295 m7.6 mi
Great HillWSW 250°292 m4.0 mi
Fall MountainNNE 31°284 m7.3 mi
Blackmans HillW 261°282 m5.6 mi
Southington MountainENE 62°281 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
  • Japanese barberry10 obs
  • House Sparrow9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle9 obs
  • mountain laurel8 obs
  • Sphagnum Sprite8 obs
  • cinnamon fern8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43440752

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