Cornelius McAuliffe Park
Cornelius McAuliffe Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Growing Roots Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What the record says
- Elevation
- 15 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of East Hartford
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.6 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.6 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 2.8 mi
- North End Park: 0.6 mi
- Martin Park: 0.9 mi
- Alumni Park: 1.3 mi
- Dwyer Park: 1.4 mi
- Bicentennial Square: 1.5 mi
- Short Reach Property: 0.7 mi
- Hockanum River Linear Park: 1.3 mi
- M.J. Williams Park: 2.1 mi
- East Hartford Cross Country Ski & Jogging Trails: 2.2 mi
- Chapel Hill Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Wickham Hill: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tudor Hill: 3.0 mi
- Toby Hill: 3.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 4.2 mi
- Steamer: 2.1 mi
- Perserverence: 2.1 mi
- Riverfront Relax: 2.1 mi
- Career Column: 2.2 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 2.3 mi
- Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum: 2.1 mi
- Old State House: 2.7 mi
- Amos Bull House: 2.9 mi
- Butler-McCook Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 3.6 mi
- The Dreamyard: 2.3 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.6 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 3.5 mi
- Mark Twain House: 4.0 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.3 mi
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 2.4 mi
- William H. Putnam: 2.7 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 2.9 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 3.0 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 3.0 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 5.5 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 7.2 mi
- Case Falls: 7.4 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.7 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 8.3 mi
- Crow Point: 5.5 mi
- Hart Meadow: 8.8 mi
- Garden Wall: 8.8 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.8 mi
- Superstructure: 8.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 19.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.3 mi
- Big Spring: 22.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Cornelius McAuliffe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | W 281° | 276 m | 8.9 mi |
| Reed Hill | ENE 71° | 275 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mannantuck | SE 124° | 273 m | 9.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 124° | 272 m | 9.7 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 158° | 265 m | 11.7 mi |
| Box Hill | E 83° | 252 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ely Mound | W 272° | 246 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 106° | 237 m | 7.7 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 | 16:23 |
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, 4 mi away.
- sensitive fern18 obs
- eastern poison ivy16 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
- American pokeweed11 obs
- Japanese knotweed10 obs
- American Robin9 obs
- common reed9 obs
- common mugwort8 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/951529407
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Somers · 17 mi
- Longmeadow · 18 mi
- Storrs · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
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