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Edgerton Park

Edgerton Park from directly overhead

Edgerton Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.33349, -72.91394

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park: 0.2 mi
  • College Woods: 0.6 mi
  • Villano Park: 0.6 mi
  • Eli Whitney Park: 0.6 mi
  • East Rock Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Eli Whitney Plaque: 0.3 mi
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 1.1 mi
  • Joe Grate Corner: 1.3 mi
  • Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 49
Waterfalls: 46
Attractions: 24
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.1 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.1 mi
  • Bear Cave: 10.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Pond View: 16.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Edgerton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNNW 349°263 m9.1 mi
Beacon CapNNW 333°221 m10.1 mi
High RockNNW 345°216 m5.6 mi
Mount CarmelN 10°206 m6.8 mi
Rock RimmonNW 311°199 m9.9 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 327°193 m7.7 mi
Round HillNW 309°190 m5.9 mi
Peck HillWNW 297°183 m6.9 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 °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel187 obs
  • common mugwort187 obs
  • American Robin177 obs
  • multiflora rose162 obs
  • Mourning Dove159 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly156 obs
  • winged euonymus153 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow151 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/43437653

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