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Spring Park

Spring Park from directly overhead

Spring Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Northridge Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

The record

What the record says

Elevation
48 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windsor Locks
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.93006, -72.65509

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Barrett Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Birges Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Taintor Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 1.5 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Tim Coyne Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Cow: 7.0 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.1 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 9.8 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 9.8 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Back Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 54
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.3 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.3 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.0 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 47
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 12.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 12.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.2 mi
  • Rd: 18.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Spring Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine ConeW 277°323 m11.2 mi
West LedgeWSW 259°305 m11.5 mi
Talcott MountainSW 222°276 m11.0 mi
Ely MoundSW 219°246 m12.2 mi
Weed HillW 274°241 m10.3 mi
Broad HillW 279°238 m10.2 mi
Fox HillESE 113°200 m11.8 mi
Avon MountainSW 220°191 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen36 obs
  • sensitive fern26 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 obs
  • ground-ivy24 obs
  • eastern white pine19 obs
  • common milkweed18 obs
  • Red Clover18 obs
  • garlic mustard18 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/43442183

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