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Anderson Avenue Playground

Anderson Avenue Playground from directly overhead

Anderson Avenue Playground is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Brewster Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.23508, -72.99805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Eels Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Burwell Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Clark Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Jones Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 3.3 mi
  • Ward Heitmann House Museum: 3.7 mi
  • National Art Museum of Sport: 4.3 mi
  • The Hill Museum of Arts: 5.3 mi
  • Americana Museum: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascades: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 24
  • John B Pierce: 5.7 mi
  • An American Dream: 5.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.9 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 16
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
  • Pond View: 13.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Anderson Avenue Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNE 13°216 m12.6 mi
Great HillNW 325°202 m10.8 mi
Barn HillNW 308°200 m12.3 mi
Israel HillNW 304°192 m11.5 mi
Round HillN 359°190 m10.5 mi
Upper White HillsNW 314°188 m11.4 mi
Peck HillN 350°183 m10.1 mi
Peck HillN 349°171 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco121 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow78 obs
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet61 obs
  • Song Sparrow40 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly39 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat29 obs
  • American Robin28 obs
  • Hermit Thrush25 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/312711013

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