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Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA

Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA from directly overhead

Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
165 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50399, -72.75288

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Benjamin J Nessing Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Beseck Lake Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
  • John Zajac Park: 1.7 mi
  • North Farms Reservoir Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Kronenberger Park: 2.0 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.9 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.9 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.9 mi
  • City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls
Museums
Attractions: 57
  • 1954: 3.3 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 3.6 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.7 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 6.2 mi
  • Come On Over Wall: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 52
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 3.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNW 311°301 m6.2 mi
East PeakNW 310°277 m5.7 mi
Higby MountainN 11°272 m3.3 mi
TrimountainSSE 164°232 m3.2 mi
Fowler MountainS 172°230 m4.3 mi
South MountainNW 315°220 m5.1 mi
Beseck MountainNNE 29°219 m0.7 mi
Ragged MountainNNW 335°217 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 4 mi away.

  • Common Watersnake9 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk8 obs
  • Mute Swan7 obs
  • Bufflehead7 obs
  • multiflora rose7 obs
  • American Black Duck6 obs
  • Green-winged Teal6 obs
  • eastern poison ivy6 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 node/359284817

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