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Connecticut State Capitol Park

Connecticut State Capitol Park from directly overhead

Connecticut State Capitol Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette Circle, a park 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76363, -72.68225

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lafayette Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Saukiag Green: 0.1 mi
  • Connecticut Square: 0.2 mi
  • Minuteman Park: 0.2 mi
  • Broad Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 5.1 mi
  • South Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Connecticut State Capitol Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 299°276 m6.9 mi
MannantuckESE 109°273 m11.4 mi
John Tom HillESE 109°272 m11.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 142°265 m11.7 mi
Ely MoundWNW 287°246 m6.5 mi
Lookout MountainE 93°237 m10.1 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 117°234 m10.4 mi
Birch MountainE 95°233 m10.4 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, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin43 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly41 obs
  • House Sparrow38 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk36 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee35 obs
  • Monarch33 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 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/880601085

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