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Salmon Brook Park

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Salmon Brook Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Zygmunt Sacharko stone, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Granby

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.94756, -72.79708

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 0.3 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 0.8 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 3.6 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 4.6 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 4.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 53
  • Bike Sculpture: 6.8 mi
  • Cow: 9.0 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 9.7 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 10.2 mi
  • Painted Cow: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Southwick Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Back Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 49
Attractions: 48
  • Manure Spreader: 1.7 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 3.0 mi
  • cellar hole: 4.3 mi
  • Boehm house site: 4.5 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 11.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 11.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 11.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Salmon Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 284°421 m7.0 mi
Winchell MountainNW 325°403 m9.3 mi
Morrison HillNW 304°370 m9.4 mi
Washington HillW 274°359 m6.0 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 239°358 m7.9 mi
South MountainNNW 330°357 m7.7 mi
Bad Luck MountainNNW 338°347 m9.8 mi
Breezy HillSW 235°327 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/562091188

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