Joe Ruwet Park
Joe Ruwet Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 293 m. Ivy Mountain stands 504 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 293 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Limestone Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Ken Eric Noel Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Abeling Field: 2.5 mi
- Goula Open Space Area: 2.6 mi
- Sunny Brook State Park: 3.1 mi
- Oxbow Park: 0.6 mi
- Pleasant View Park: 0.8 mi
- Elise Besse Park: 1.4 mi
- Fuessenich Park Extension and Storrs Park: 1.7 mi
- Donahue Playground: 1.7 mi
- Hayden Hill: 1.0 mi
- Harmony Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.8 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 1.9 mi
- Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building: 6.7 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- New Hartford Historical Society Museum: 7.4 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 3.6 mi
- Hermit memorial: 4.8 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 4.9 mi
- Jones Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 7.8 mi
- Burr Falls: 4.3 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 6.4 mi
- Burlington Falls: 6.5 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 7.4 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 7.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 3.9 mi
- Hogan's Cider Mill: 4.5 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
- 4 towns meet: 5.8 mi
- Tory's Den: 7.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 5.8 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 14.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.4 mi
- Perennial Garden: 16.9 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 14.4 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 17.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 17.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 17.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 17.7 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 3.2 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 6.8 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Ravens Roost: 7.8 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- Holland Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Boating Side: 12.3 mi
- Waterfront: 12.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 4.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 7.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 9.1 mi
- Big Spring: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.7 mi
- Questing: 23.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Joe Ruwet Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Mountain | WNW 302° | 504 m | 8.3 mi |
| Brass Mountain | WNW 295° | 491 m | 8.6 mi |
| Riggs Hill | NNW 332° | 480 m | 9.1 mi |
| Beech Hill | WNW 303° | 452 m | 7.5 mi |
| Platt Hill | NNW 346° | 443 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Ouleout | NW 326° | 433 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lucas Hill | WNW 293° | 430 m | 7.3 mi |
| Burr Mountain | NW 318° | 425 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 5 mi away.
- Song Sparrow20 obs
- American Black Bear18 obs
- Downy Woodpecker15 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird12 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- Eastern Cottontail12 obs
- Monarch12 obs
- White-throated Sparrow11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440406
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 25 mi
- Monterey · 26 mi
- Blandford · 27 mi
- Otis · 27 mi
- East Windsor · 28 mi
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