Sunrise State Park
Sunrise State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the north-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gingers Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gingers Garden: 0.3 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.3 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
- Mount Tom: 0.5 mi
- Cave Hill: 0.6 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sexton Hill: 2.0 mi
- Walkley Hill: 2.4 mi
- Davison Memorial Walking Park: 0.6 mi
- Kruger Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Pine Brook Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Kruger Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Indian Hollow Road): 1.6 mi
- Haddam Meadows State Park: 2.0 mi
- Meeting House Green: 2.3 mi
- Salmon River Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Great Hill Park: 2.6 mi
- Nichols Field: 3.1 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 2.3 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 4.0 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 4.3 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 4.4 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 5.2 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 3.2 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 5.2 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 6.3 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 6.6 mi
- Face in Tree: 8.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.3 mi
- First Tear: 10.5 mi
- snake: 11.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 12.4 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Tartia Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Moodus Falls: 3.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.1 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 15.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 15.6 mi
- Stannard Beach: 15.7 mi
- West Beach: 15.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 1.7 mi
- Mill Turbine: 2.7 mi
- grindstone: 4.2 mi
- George Washington rock: 5.0 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.7 mi
- Crow Point: 15.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 1.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 21.5 mi
- Powder House: 21.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Sunrise State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NNW 341° | 241 m | 6.8 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNW 336° | 228 m | 8.2 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 325° | 222 m | 6.6 mi |
| Baker Hill | N 357° | 204 m | 5.9 mi |
| Goose Hill | SW 226° | 201 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 284° | 199 m | 5.8 mi |
| Carter Hill | N 6° | 192 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | W 272° | 186 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 18 mi away.
- American wintergreen15 obs
- Spotted Turtle11 obs
- Fragile Forktail11 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk10 obs
- Autumn Meadowhawk10 obs
- Monarch9 obs
- cypress spurge9 obs
- common yarrow8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/878045348
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Old Saybrook · 15 mi
- Old Lyme · 16 mi
- East Lyme · 17 mi
- Montville · 17 mi
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