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Clinton Park

Clinton Park from directly overhead

Clinton Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is English Mall, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.31770, -72.89161

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • English Mall: 0.1 mi
  • Dover Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Chatham Square: 0.2 mi
  • East Rock Park-Blake Field: 0.8 mi
  • Quinnipiac River Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 49
Attractions: 25
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 9.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 1.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.3 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 2.3 mi
  • John B Pierce: 2.4 mi
  • An American Dream: 2.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Pond View: 17.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Clinton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNNW 343°263 m10.4 mi
High RockNNW 338°216 m7.0 mi
Mount CarmelN 0°206 m7.8 mi
Meeting House HillNW 324°193 m9.2 mi
Round HillNW 310°190 m7.5 mi
Peck HillWNW 300°183 m8.4 mi
Totoket MountainNE 50°176 m8.5 mi
Peck HillWNW 297°171 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.

  • White-throated Sparrow217 obs
  • multiflora rose172 obs
  • common mugwort170 obs
  • American Robin169 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly168 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel162 obs
  • winged euonymus149 obs
  • Mourning Dove148 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/339861590

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