Dooley Pond Public Access
Dooley Pond Public Access is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Guida Farms Conservation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 84 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Guida Farms Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 1.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Boat Launch (Middletown): 1.5 mi
- Zoar Park: 1.6 mi
- Crystal Lake State Access Area: 1.7 mi
- Round Hill: 0.7 mi
- West Long Hill: 1.5 mi
- Long Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 2.1 mi
- Owned by Rockfall Foundation: 1.5 mi
- Owned by City of Middletown: 1.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls State Park: 1.7 mi
- Lucy Strickland Estate: 2.2 mi
- Ravine Park: 2.5 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 1.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 4.4 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 4.8 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.3 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 1.6 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 3.0 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.2 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 2.7 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 3.2 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Gingers Garden: 9.8 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 1.6 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 4.0 mi
- Bible Rock: 4.2 mi
- George Washington rock: 4.6 mi
- 1954: 4.6 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 3.1 mi
- First Tear: 3.2 mi
- snake: 7.4 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 11.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 3.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 15.2 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 16.9 mi
- Circle Beach: 17.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 7.5 mi
- Crow Point: 13.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.7 mi
- Green Wall: 15.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 10.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Dooley Pond Public Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | NW 305° | 272 m | 4.7 mi |
| Trimountain | SW 224° | 232 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SW 218° | 230 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 51° | 222 m | 7.4 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | W 270° | 219 m | 4.1 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | SSW 213° | 210 m | 6.7 mi |
| Camels Hump | WNW 298° | 207 m | 4.4 mi |
| Goose Hill | SE 133° | 201 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- mountain laurel16 obs
- Christmas fern12 obs
- winged euonymus12 obs
- red trillium11 obs
- garlic mustard11 obs
- American Toad11 obs
- American wintergreen10 obs
- Canada mayflower10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/359272819
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
- Old Lyme · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 25 mi
- Montville · 27 mi
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