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Francis Green

Francis Green from directly overhead

Francis Green is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is William J. Pitkin Recreation Complex, a park 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
37 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71583, -72.67153

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens: 60
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.8 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 2.8 mi
  • South Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Francis Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW 315°276 m9.3 mi
MannantuckE 93°273 m10.3 mi
John Tom HillE 93°272 m10.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 132°265 m8.9 mi
Ely MoundNW 308°246 m8.6 mi
Lookout MountainENE 74°237 m10.0 mi
Kongscut MountainE 99°234 m8.8 mi
Birch MountainENE 77°233 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin21 obs
  • sensitive fern20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • eastern poison ivy17 obs
  • Painted Turtle14 obs
  • Great Blue Heron13 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly13 obs
  • American Herring Gull13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43436374

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