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Cove Park

Cove Park from directly overhead

Cove Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanmer Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
State of Connecticut;Town of Wethersfield

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72264, -72.65533

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 2.2 mi
  • South Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 8.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 8.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.8 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Cove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW 310°276 m9.6 mi
MannantuckE 96°273 m9.5 mi
John Tom HillE 96°272 m9.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 138°265 m8.7 mi
Ely MoundWNW 302°246 m9.0 mi
Lookout MountainENE 76°237 m9.0 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 103°234 m8.1 mi
Birch MountainENE 78°233 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
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, under a mile away.

  • sensitive fern21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee17 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • eastern poison ivy16 obs
  • purple loosestrife15 obs
  • Great Blue Heron14 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 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/1009186807

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