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Bulkeley Square

Bulkeley Square from directly overhead

Bulkeley Square is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Meeting House Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
37 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.35856, -72.10071

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 27
Waterfalls: 26
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Silver Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cascade: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 18
  • Bertholf Plaza: 1.2 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 1.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 1.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Bulkeley Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillNNW 338°149 m6.9 mi
Crandall HillNNW 348°137 m6.8 mi
Ridge HillNW 315°134 m6.8 mi
Morgan HillNW 307°120 m6.1 mi
Polly HillWNW 302°117 m5.9 mi
Lynch HillNNW 345°115 m7.4 mi
Konomoc HillNW 312°112 m4.8 mi
Pie HillNNW 342°109 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 3 mi away.

  • Canada Goose48 obs
  • common mugwort44 obs
  • American Herring Gull36 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee28 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush26 obs
  • red deadnettle26 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant26 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/954460131

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