Ernest McClain Park
Ernest McClain Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Truman Street Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of New Haven
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kimberly Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Arch Street Community Greenspace: 0.5 mi
- Defender's Park: 0.6 mi
- Trowbridge Square Park: 0.6 mi
- Amistad Park: 0.8 mi
- Defenders’ Monument: 0.6 mi
- Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 0.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 0.9 mi
- Bishop Tutu Corner: 1.3 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 0.6 mi
- National Art Museum of Sport: 1.1 mi
- Ward Heitmann House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 1.6 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 1.7 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Ray Park: 1.8 mi
- Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Shingle Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Allington Hill: 1.7 mi
- Chidsey Hill: 2.6 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.6 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 2.6 mi
- Shingle Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 2.9 mi
- Prospect Beach: 3.2 mi
- Shell Beach: 3.8 mi
- Rocky Beach: 4.2 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 4.4 mi
- Truman Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Washington Ave Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peace Garden At West River: 1.2 mi
- Knot Garden: 1.9 mi
- Winchester Garden: 2.0 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.7 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.5 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.8 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 7.8 mi
- John B Pierce: 0.8 mi
- An American Dream: 0.9 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 2.2 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.6 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 2.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.2 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 11.8 mi
- Bear Cave: 12.9 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
- Pond View: 15.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 12.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.8 mi
- Fog Signal House: 12.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Ernest McClain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | N 359° | 216 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNE 15° | 206 m | 10.0 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 299° | 202 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NNW 327° | 199 m | 11.2 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 343° | 193 m | 9.8 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 334° | 190 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 322° | 183 m | 7.7 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 51° | 176 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel140 obs
- White-throated Sparrow125 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly121 obs
- common mugwort112 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee101 obs
- American Herring Gull92 obs
- House Sparrow91 obs
- staghorn sumac86 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43437011
Day trips start here
- Essex · 29 mi
- Old Saybrook · 29 mi
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