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Bowling Green

Bowling Green from directly overhead

Bowling Green is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is End of the Line/West Rock, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.33271, -72.95587

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moore Field: 0.3 mi
  • Beecher Park: 0.5 mi
  • Blake St Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hilltop Playground: 0.7 mi
  • West River Open Space: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Holocaust Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 1.3 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Joe Grate Corner: 1.3 mi
  • Bishop James Varick Corner: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens: 49
Waterfalls: 43
Artworks: 24
Attractions: 24
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.4 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Pond View: 14.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Bowling Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordN 2°263 m8.9 mi
Prospect MountainN 355°253 m9.7 mi
Moose HillWNW 299°231 m9.7 mi
Beacon CapNNW 345°221 m9.3 mi
High RockN 7°216 m5.5 mi
Mount CarmelNNE 27°206 m7.6 mi
Beacon HillNNW 333°204 m9.6 mi
Great HillWNW 284°202 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee82 obs
  • common mugwort65 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly63 obs
  • American wintergreen55 obs
  • Falcate Orangetip53 obs
  • bird's foot violet51 obs
  • multiflora rose49 obs
  • Mallard48 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/1066843097

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