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East Rock Park

East Rock Park from directly overhead

East Rock Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.32781, -72.90413

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • College Woods: 0.4 mi
  • Edgerton Park: 0.6 mi
  • East Rock Park-Blake Field: 0.7 mi
  • Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park: 0.7 mi
  • The Park on Nash: 0.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 49
Waterfalls: 48
Attractions: 24
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.5 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 10.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 0.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 1.6 mi
  • John B Pierce: 2.3 mi
  • An American Dream: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Pond View: 17.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of East Rock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNNW 346°263 m9.5 mi
High RockNNW 341°216 m6.1 mi
Mount CarmelN 6°206 m7.1 mi
Meeting House HillNW 325°193 m8.3 mi
Round HillNW 308°190 m6.6 mi
Peck HillWNW 298°183 m7.5 mi
Totoket MountainNE 56°176 m8.6 mi
Peck HillWNW 295°171 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel211 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly195 obs
  • common mugwort182 obs
  • American Robin181 obs
  • multiflora rose169 obs
  • Mourning Dove158 obs
  • winged euonymus152 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk146 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/43437525

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