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Jillson Square Park

Jillson Square Park from directly overhead

Jillson Square Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Pumpkin Hill stands 241 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Jillison House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windham

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71208, -72.20990

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans’ Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Windham Mills State Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Young's Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wilimantic Whitewater Park: 0.4 mi
  • Guild Field: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Dr. William Beaumont: 4.6 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.7 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.0 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.3 mi
  • plaque: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 56
Waterfalls: 46
Gardens: 34
  • Mary's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Thread City Family Garden: 1.0 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Jillson Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pumpkin HillNNE 26°241 m10.2 mi
Sunset HillNE 50°240 m8.9 mi
Post HillWSW 247°239 m7.2 mi
Clark HillNE 52°235 m7.1 mi
Bear HillNE 48°232 m7.6 mi
Burnt HillW 261°229 m9.1 mi
Riley MountainNW 315°223 m8.7 mi
Hampton HillENE 58°221 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
  • Christmas fern37 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail36 obs
  • winged euonymus34 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • Asian bittersweet31 obs
  • multiflora rose30 obs
  • eastern white pine28 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/505147163

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