Doolittle Park
Doolittle Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallingford Historical Society, a museum 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wallingford Historical Society: 0.2 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Farming Museum: 3.7 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.8 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 6.2 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Lyman Hall Monument: 0.5 mi
- South Quad: 4.7 mi
- Pat Wall Field: 0.6 mi
- Railroad Green: 0.7 mi
- Grand & Washington Streets Park: 0.8 mi
- West Side Park: 0.9 mi
- Wallace Park: 0.9 mi
- Spice Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Tom: 1.6 mi
- Pond Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cook Hill: 2.7 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.6 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 9.1 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 9.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.4 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 12.6 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 12.8 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 4.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.2 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 7.2 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 8.0 mi
- 1954: 8.1 mi
- snake: 7.9 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 9.5 mi
- Turtle Statue: 10.3 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 10.7 mi
- First Tear: 10.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 6.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 7.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.9 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 2.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.4 mi
- Pond View: 23.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 23.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Doolittle Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | N 350° | 301 m | 7.9 mi |
| East Peak | N 352° | 277 m | 7.5 mi |
| Higby Mountain | NNE 29° | 272 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Sanford | W 277° | 263 m | 6.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 294° | 260 m | 9.2 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | WNW 282° | 253 m | 8.2 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | WNW 293° | 246 m | 8.8 mi |
| Trimountain | E 80° | 232 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- garlic mustard33 obs
- lesser celandine25 obs
- multiflora rose23 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk21 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage18 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 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/43438391
Day trips start here
- Essex · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 25 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 26 mi
- Old Lyme · 28 mi
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