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Crystal Lake Town Park

Crystal Lake Town Park from directly overhead

Crystal Lake Town Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Turkey Hill stands 138 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Community Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.29899, -72.41342

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Suellen Kozy McCuin: 1.8 mi
  • Westbrook Honor Roll: 2.0 mi
  • In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 2.1 mi
  • Westbrook: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
Museums
Attractions: 31
  • Stone Table: 4.3 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 8.4 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.6 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.0 mi
  • tri-town marker: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 10.3 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Crystal Lake Town Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 331°138 m9.3 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 22°136 m7.8 mi
Grassy HillNE 44°129 m9.9 mi
Wig HillNNW 333°128 m8.2 mi
Tower HillNW 306°126 m6.8 mi
Nickerson HillNNE 33°123 m8.2 mi
Buell HillWNW 293°119 m9.3 mi
Honey HillNNE 21°114 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 14 mi away.

  • Shark Eye528 obs
  • Flat-clawed Hermit Crab24 obs
  • Semipalmated Plover22 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin21 obs
  • Channeled Whelk21 obs
  • American Herring Gull21 obs
  • Great Egret16 obs
  • Willet16 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 node/359277329

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