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Eagle Landing State Park

Eagle Landing State Park from directly overhead

Eagle Landing State Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the west, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.44917, -72.46521

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 52
Gardens: 48
  • Gingers Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Totem Pole: 9.9 mi
  • snake: 11.2 mi
  • Henry Clay Work Bust: 12.0 mi
  • Face in Tree: 12.6 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 41
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Old Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Eagle Landing State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillW 265°201 m5.2 mi
Bear HillNW 308°199 m8.3 mi
Chestnut MountainWNW 296°186 m8.9 mi
Tater HillE 82°179 m5.4 mi
Long HillENE 57°175 m8.0 mi
Bald HillENE 70°167 m2.6 mi
Hog HillNNW 330°164 m7.2 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 338°160 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 19 mi away.

  • Monarch29 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit13 obs
  • mountain laurel12 obs
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak11 obs
  • azure bluet11 obs
  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • American groundnut10 obs
  • yellow trout lily9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/77212137

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