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Foote Memorial Park

Foote Memorial Park from directly overhead

Foote Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Branford River Boat Launch, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Branford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.26692, -72.81053

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Branford Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 2.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Short Beach Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Bob's Woods: 1.8 mi
  • Goss Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Vedder Preserve: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 49
Waterfalls: 38
Artworks: 24
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 6.7 mi
  • John B Pierce: 6.8 mi
  • An American Dream: 6.8 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 7.5 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.9 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Pond View: 22.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 22.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Foote Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNE 17°230 m12.7 mi
High RockNW 326°216 m12.1 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNE 18°210 m12.0 mi
Mount CarmelNNW 340°206 m12.1 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 14°176 m9.3 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNE 33°167 m10.5 mi
East SugarloafNNE 29°156 m8.6 mi
Prospect HillNW 305°153 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:28
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4216:26

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
  • Osprey21 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail20 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • lesser celandine18 obs
  • Wild Turkey14 obs
  • Western Honey Bee14 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/480684603

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