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Hotchkiss Field

Hotchkiss Field from directly overhead

Hotchkiss Field is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

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Coordinates41.51084, -72.98531
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Fountain: 3.9 mi
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.0 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.3 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Poet's Circle: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 52
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.3 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 8.4 mi
  • Millstone: 10.0 mi
  • Millstone: 10.1 mi
  • Rock House: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 51
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 8.4 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.6 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 14.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Pond View: 18.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Hotchkiss Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillN 8°312 m7.8 mi
Clinton HillN 351°303 m7.5 mi
West PeakENE 64°301 m8.1 mi
Becar HillN 359°297 m7.6 mi
Great HillWNW 282°292 m8.0 mi
Compounce MountainNNE 16°290 m8.7 mi
Southington MountainNNE 17°281 m6.4 mi
East PeakENE 67°277 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Peck's Skipper11 obs
  • Painted Lady8 obs
  • Banded Hairstreak8 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Northern Broken-Dash6 obs
  • House Sparrow5 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/307960897

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