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Brackett Park

Brackett Park from directly overhead

Brackett Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Imagine Nation Children's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67106, -72.94629

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 0.8 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 3.3 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • plinth: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Libby's Lump: 3.2 mi
  • Tory's Den: 4.3 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 4.6 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 4.9 mi
  • Will Warren's Den: 6.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks: 48
  • Home: 8.5 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Petro Cliffs: 4.1 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 4.1 mi
  • Green Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 14.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Brackett Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNW 337°354 m6.2 mi
South MountainS 182°313 m1.5 mi
Lindsley HillSSW 197°312 m3.5 mi
Camp HillWNW 283°311 m9.0 mi
Lattin HillW 277°310 m8.5 mi
Walnut HillW 275°307 m8.6 mi
Clinton HillSW 221°303 m4.9 mi
West PeakSE 145°301 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel47 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird41 obs
  • Painted Turtle41 obs
  • Mallard37 obs
  • American Robin36 obs
  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • Blue Dasher21 obs
  • American Bullfrog21 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/311805548

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