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Westmoor Park

Westmoor Park from directly overhead

Westmoor Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. West Ledge stands 305 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of West Hartford
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77717, -72.76080
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 0.4 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Primary Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 0.8 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 1.2 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Waterfalls
Artworks: 57
Cliffs: 17
  • Garden Wall: 2.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 2.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 12
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 16.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Westmoor Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNW 325°305 m10.1 mi
Scranton MountainW 264°300 m10.7 mi
Barnes HillW 275°283 m10.0 mi
Talcott MountainNW 321°276 m3.1 mi
Garrett MountainW 281°275 m11.0 mi
Taine MountainW 264°268 m8.0 mi
Wildcat MountainWSW 259°262 m9.3 mi
East HillNW 307°261 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340563118

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