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Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park

Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park from directly overhead

Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Winchell Mountain stands 403 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kent Farms Associates, Inc. (2 Parcels), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee Bruce Park (2 Parcels)

The record

What the record says

Elevation
44 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98276, -72.68996

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 1.8 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 2.0 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 2.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.5 mi
Museums
Gardens: 57
  • Back Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Freedom Eagle: 7.3 mi
  • The Three Graces: 8.5 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 9.7 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 9.7 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 50
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.4 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.4 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.4 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 14.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 16.0 mi
  • Solar Panel: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.7 mi
  • Rd: 14.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Winchell MountainWNW 295°403 m12.1 mi
Washington HillW 260°359 m11.7 mi
South MountainWNW 295°357 m10.3 mi
Drake MountainNW 318°350 m11.3 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 306°347 m11.3 mi
Sodom MountainNW 305°326 m9.2 mi
Pine ConeWSW 256°323 m9.6 mi
West LedgeWSW 238°305 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • multiflora rose17 obs
  • sensitive fern12 obs
  • Red Clover10 obs
  • Green Frog10 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage9 obs
  • daffodils9 obs
  • Christmas fern9 obs
  • Asian bittersweet9 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/43436881

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