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Candlewyck Park

Candlewyck Park from directly overhead

Candlewyck Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlewyck Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What the record says

Elevation
85 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66426, -72.71033

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Churchill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mill Brook Park: 1.2 mi
  • Clem Lemire Recreation Complex: 1.2 mi
  • Maxwell Park: 1.3 mi
  • Old Common: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.4 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 58
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 22.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Candlewyck Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSSW 191°272 m8.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 105°265 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 292°229 m6.7 mi
Raccoon HillESE 114°228 m9.3 mi
Ragged MountainWSW 241°217 m6.6 mi
Bradley MountainW 266°207 m6.6 mi
Camels HumpS 191°207 m8.6 mi
Clark HillESE 101°206 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee118 obs
  • Western Honey Bee92 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee56 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee26 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher20 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
  • Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee18 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/1052164127

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