Brookside Park
Brookside Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 0.2 mi
- North End Field: 0.4 mi
- Falcon Field: 0.6 mi
- Baldwin Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Washington Park: 0.7 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 0.6 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 1.0 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 1.6 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 5.7 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 0.9 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 0.9 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 0.9 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 0.9 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Buckwheat Hill: 1.3 mi
- Cathole Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Chauncey Peak: 1.7 mi
- Markham Hill: 1.7 mi
- South Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cuno Camp: 1.7 mi
- City Open Space (Grove Street): 1.9 mi
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park: 1.9 mi
- Higby Mountain Easement: 2.2 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- 1954: 2.5 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 6.8 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 7.4 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 8.1 mi
- Libby's Lump: 9.4 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Westfield Falls: 4.5 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 4.9 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 5.2 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.3 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- First Tear: 6.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 7.2 mi
- Home: 8.4 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.6 mi
- snake: 11.2 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 3.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 3.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.8 mi
- Boating Side: 14.5 mi
- Waterfront: 14.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.8 mi
- Green Wall: 11.0 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 11.1 mi
- Crow Point: 14.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Brookside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | WNW 292° | 301 m | 3.2 mi |
| Southington Mountain | WNW 295° | 281 m | 9.2 mi |
| East Peak | WNW 288° | 277 m | 2.7 mi |
| Higby Mountain | E 79° | 272 m | 2.4 mi |
| Trimountain | SSE 156° | 232 m | 6.5 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SSE 161° | 230 m | 7.4 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 293° | 220 m | 2.0 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | SE 136° | 219 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 3 mi away.
- rue anemone35 obs
- Dutchman's breeches24 obs
- Herb Robert20 obs
- eastern redcedar18 obs
- yellow trout lily15 obs
- staghorn sumac15 obs
- bloodroot14 obs
- Solomon's plume14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440989
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- Essex · 24 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
- East Windsor · 28 mi
- Old Lyme · 30 mi
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