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Churchill Park

Churchill Park from directly overhead

Churchill Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Clem Lemire Recreation Complex, a park 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Newington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67616, -72.72249

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clem Lemire Recreation Complex: 0.3 mi
  • Mill Brook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Badger Field: 0.7 mi
  • Robbins Green: 0.7 mi
  • Maple Hill Green: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 7.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 57
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Churchill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainS 186°272 m8.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 109°265 m9.8 mi
Ely MoundNNW 333°246 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 287°229 m5.8 mi
South MountainSSW 212°220 m9.8 mi
Ragged MountainSW 232°217 m6.6 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 258°207 m6.1 mi
Camels HumpS 186°207 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
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 Bee125 obs
  • Western Honey Bee111 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee58 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee33 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher20 obs
  • Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee19 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle18 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/43437240

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