Columbus Park
Columbus Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Hartford
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel: 0.5 mi
- Ridgecrest Circle Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Wintergreen Woods: 1.5 mi
- Kelly Property: 1.8 mi
- Point Meadow Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Goodwin Park: 0.8 mi
- Bobby Sands Circle: 0.9 mi
- Leo Pugliese Memorial Green: 0.9 mi
- Francis Green: 0.9 mi
- Cove Park: 1.0 mi
- Hunger Strikers Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Warner Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell: 1.7 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 2.1 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 2.4 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 1.5 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 1.5 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Myths, Minds and Medicine Museum: 1.4 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 1.5 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 1.6 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 1.7 mi
- Amos Bull House: 2.1 mi
- Constitution Oak: 1.6 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 2.8 mi
- Mark Twain House: 3.0 mi
- Keney Tower: 3.0 mi
- The Dreamyard: 6.9 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 1.9 mi
- Harriss Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 3.7 mi
- Equality: 2.2 mi
- Pulaski: 2.2 mi
- Stegosaurus: 2.3 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 2.4 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 2.4 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 3.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascades: 6.4 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 8.4 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 9.5 mi
- Crow Point: 3.2 mi
- South Wall: 7.1 mi
- Solar Panel: 7.1 mi
- Superstructure: 7.1 mi
- Garden Wall: 7.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 16.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.9 mi
- Boating Side: 20.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.8 mi
- Big Spring: 23.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NW 311° | 276 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mannantuck | E 98° | 273 m | 10.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 98° | 272 m | 10.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SE 136° | 265 m | 9.6 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 303° | 246 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 79° | 237 m | 9.7 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 105° | 234 m | 9.0 mi |
| Birch Mountain | E 82° | 233 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 1 mi away.
- American Robin25 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk20 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
- sensitive fern19 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee19 obs
- Great Blue Heron16 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1496789154
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Tolland · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
- Somers · 21 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
- Longmeadow · 23 mi
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