Vanderbilt Park
Vanderbilt Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 29.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Hill: 0.1 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.1 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 2.7 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 2.8 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 0.5 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sedna: 0.7 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 1.0 mi
- Painted Cow: 1.0 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Pulaski: 2.6 mi
- Elizabeth Park: 0.7 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Norfeldt Park: 1.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- George H. Day Playground: 1.2 mi
- Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.0 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Noah Webster Statue: 1.0 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 1.1 mi
- Jessie's Community Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: 1.1 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 1.2 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.3 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Mark Twain House: 1.2 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 1.7 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.6 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 3.2 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.4 mi
- Bugbee School Woods: 1.5 mi
- Mooney's Woods: 1.8 mi
- Westmoor Park: 1.9 mi
- Spice Bush Swamp: 2.2 mi
- Orchard Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.1 mi
- Dividend Falls: 9.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Cascades: 10.2 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 10.5 mi
- South Wall: 3.9 mi
- Solar Panel: 3.9 mi
- Superstructure: 3.9 mi
- Garden Wall: 3.9 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.0 mi
- Babbs Beach: 18.1 mi
- Boating Side: 18.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.2 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Vanderbilt Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NW 309° | 276 m | 4.8 mi |
| Taine Mountain | W 269° | 268 m | 9.8 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | W 264° | 262 m | 11.0 mi |
| East Hill | WNW 303° | 261 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 298° | 257 m | 11.1 mi |
| Onion Mountain | NW 309° | 253 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 292° | 246 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sweetheart Mountain | WNW 285° | 246 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43437721
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 20 mi
- Longmeadow · 21 mi
- Somers · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Storrs · 25 mi
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