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Eisenhower Park

Eisenhower Park from directly overhead

Eisenhower Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumble Brook Sculpture, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
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Coordinates41.79756, -72.75132
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Perennial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Primary Garden: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 1.7 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 2.3 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 2.5 mi
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Attractions: 60
Waterfalls
Artworks: 57
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 2.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 2.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 3.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 11
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 16.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Eisenhower Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ratlum MountainNW 305°358 m11.1 mi
West LedgeNW 318°305 m9.3 mi
Barnes HillW 267°283 m10.5 mi
Talcott MountainWNW 292°276 m2.6 mi
Taine MountainWSW 255°268 m8.8 mi
Wildcat MountainWSW 251°262 m10.1 mi
East HillWNW 297°261 m8.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 290°257 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle29 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Great Blue Heron20 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk20 obs
  • Black Swallowtail19 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle17 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail17 obs
  • white clover17 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/28430708

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