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Callahan Park

Callahan Park from directly overhead

Callahan Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Platt Hill stands 443 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is New Hartford Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
117 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Hartford Village Fire District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.87844, -72.97516
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 8.3 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 9.3 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 9.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Hill Pond Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
  • Browns Corner Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 3.7 mi
  • Millennium Field: 4.9 mi
  • Rowley Fields: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 54
Waterfalls: 53
Attractions: 47
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 3.5 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 4.1 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 5.4 mi
  • Wreck: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 25
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 2.3 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 10.7 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 11.1 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 3.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Callahan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platt HillW 280°443 m7.4 mi
Panorama HillNW 316°440 m8.6 mi
Mount OuleoutW 277°433 m10.0 mi
Beecher HillNNW 348°430 m10.0 mi
Pine MountainNNE 20°421 m6.8 mi
Booth HillN 2°411 m9.9 mi
Walnut MountainWSW 257°400 m7.3 mi
Babb HillNW 309°398 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

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

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel15 obs
  • Japanese knotweed11 obs
  • ragged-robin8 obs
  • garlic mustard7 obs
  • Green Frog7 obs
  • black raspberry7 obs
  • Greater celandine6 obs
  • Brown Trout5 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/1337217693

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