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Badger Field

Badger Field from directly overhead

Badger Field is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Robbins Green, a park 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68652, -72.72389

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.9 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.9 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens: 57
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 21.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Badger Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 336°276 m9.5 mi
Higby MountainS 185°272 m9.4 mi
Ely MoundNNW 331°246 m8.3 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 280°229 m5.6 mi
Ragged MountainSW 227°217 m7.0 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 251°207 m6.2 mi
Camels HumpS 185°207 m10.0 mi
Clark HillESE 110°206 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee130 obs
  • Western Honey Bee110 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee57 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee33 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee25 obs
  • Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee19 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher19 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43436244

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