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Dwyer Park

Dwyer Park from directly overhead

Dwyer Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is M.J. Williams Park, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of East Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79613, -72.60583
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 1.8 mi
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 58
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Crow Point: 6.2 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 10.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Dwyer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillE 83°284 m11.4 mi
Talcott MountainW 276°276 m10.0 mi
Reed HillENE 72°275 m11.0 mi
MannantuckSE 131°273 m9.1 mi
John Tom HillSE 131°272 m9.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 164°265 m11.9 mi
Box HillE 87°252 m7.8 mi
Ely MoundW 268°246 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog13 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk8 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • Green Frog7 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 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/951529411

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