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George Chesley Park

George Chesley Park from directly overhead

George Chesley Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the south-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66962, -72.75571

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seymour Park: 0.6 mi
  • Beacon Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.9 mi
  • Willow Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Maple Hill Green: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascades: 8.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 58
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 21
  • Green Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 4.6 mi
  • South Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 20.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of George Chesley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakSSW 212°301 m8.7 mi
Compounce MountainWSW 255°290 m9.8 mi
East PeakSSW 208°277 m8.8 mi
Higby MountainS 175°272 m8.2 mi
Castle RockW 264°251 m9.4 mi
Ely MoundNNW 344°246 m8.8 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 299°229 m4.4 mi
South MountainSSW 204°220 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

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.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk14 obs
  • House Sparrow13 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird11 obs
  • Groundhog11 obs
  • multiflora rose11 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee11 obs
  • Canada Goose10 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/43441333

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