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Hollow Park

Hollow Park from directly overhead

Hollow Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Glebe House Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.53439, -73.21079

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 0.3 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 0.6 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.9 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Woodbury South Green: 0.3 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 1.1 mi
  • Three Rivers Park: 1.4 mi
  • George Bennett Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ballantine Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 56
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Southford Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 49
Beaches: 39
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Morris Town Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Waterfront: 11.1 mi
  • Boating Side: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 34
Artworks: 20
  • Jean Widmark: 3.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 8.7 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 8.7 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 8.7 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Pond View: 15.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cold Spring: 21.2 mi
  • The Silver Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Hollow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Painter HillNW 318°324 m6.0 mi
Magnolia HillN 8°294 m7.2 mi
Good HillWNW 299°292 m3.0 mi
Great HillE 91°292 m3.9 mi
Blackmans HillENE 78°282 m2.2 mi
Greenleaf HillWNW 301°282 m5.6 mi
Andrews HillESE 119°275 m7.1 mi
Woodruff HillSE 125°273 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Knobfin Sculpin27 obs
  • Monarch20 obs
  • Bobcat18 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird12 obs
  • American Toad10 obs
  • Spring Peeper9 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Ghost Pipe8 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/43436605

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