Alvord Park
Alvord Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Ivy Mountain stands 504 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant View Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Pleasant View Park: 1.1 mi
- Elise Besse Park: 1.3 mi
- Bannon Street Park: 1.8 mi
- Joe Ruwet Park: 1.9 mi
- Donahue Playground: 1.9 mi
- Abeling Field: 1.3 mi
- Sunny Brook State Park: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Limestone Drive Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Town Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Hayden Hill: 1.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Burr Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 3.3 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 2.3 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 6.5 mi
- American Mural Project: 6.7 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 3.5 mi
- Hermit memorial: 3.8 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 5.4 mi
- Jones Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 9.2 mi
- Burr Falls: 2.8 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 7.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 7.8 mi
- Burlington Falls: 7.8 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 8.7 mi
- 4 towns meet: 4.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 4.7 mi
- Hogan's Cider Mill: 6.1 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 7.2 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 8.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.8 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 16.4 mi
- Perennial Garden: 18.0 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 15.0 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 17.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 19.3 mi
- Ben Franklin: 19.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 19.4 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 4.1 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 7.1 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Ravens Roost: 9.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 6.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.8 mi
- Boating Side: 14.1 mi
- Waterfront: 14.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 3.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 5.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 8.2 mi
- Big Spring: 9.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.0 mi
- Questing: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Alvord Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Mountain | WNW 294° | 504 m | 6.8 mi |
| Dennis Hill | NNW 329° | 496 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | WNW 288° | 495 m | 9.4 mi |
| Brass Mountain | WNW 286° | 491 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | W 278° | 484 m | 9.1 mi |
| Riggs Hill | NNW 331° | 480 m | 7.2 mi |
| Flagg Hill | NNW 344° | 470 m | 9.5 mi |
| Beech Hill | WNW 294° | 452 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 5 mi away.
- multiflora rose8 obs
- American Black Bear6 obs
- bird's-foot trefoil6 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral5 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee5 obs
- Orchard Orbweaver5 obs
- Great Blue Heron4 obs
- yellow trout lily4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440692
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 23 mi
- Monterey · 25 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
- Blandford · 26 mi
- Great Barrington · 28 mi
- East Windsor · 29 mi
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