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Daniel K. Christian Field

Daniel K. Christian Field from directly overhead

Daniel K. Christian Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Washington Hill stands 359 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
48 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.96268, -72.67718

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 2.0 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 2.2 mi
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Side Garden: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.5 mi
  • Cow: 8.9 mi
  • The Three Graces: 9.3 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 10.1 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 50
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 1.3 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 1.3 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 1.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 13.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.0 mi
  • Rd: 16.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Daniel K. Christian Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Washington HillW 267°359 m12.2 mi
South MountainWNW 300°357 m11.5 mi
Drake MountainNW 320°350 m12.8 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 309°347 m12.7 mi
Sodom MountainNW 310°326 m10.5 mi
Pine ConeW 265°323 m10.0 mi
West LedgeWSW 246°305 m11.1 mi
Talcott MountainSSW 211°276 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • sensitive fern11 obs
  • Green Frog10 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage8 obs
  • Japanese barberry8 obs
  • Common Raccoon7 obs
  • eastern white pine7 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 obs
  • American Toad6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1339492597

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