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John R. Welch Park

John R. Welch Park from directly overhead

John R. Welch Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels), a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windsor
Access
Yes
Getting there

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Coordinates41.90059, -72.68211

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels): 0.9 mi
  • Phelps Meadow Open Space (Section 1) 2 Parcels: 1.0 mi
  • outdoor classroom: 1.3 mi
  • Rainbow Reservoir Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
  • Southwest Family Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Lighthouse Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Day Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Birges Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Cook Hill: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Tim Coyne Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 3.3 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 3.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Cow: 4.7 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.3 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 7.6 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 54
  • C-7A "Caribou": 3.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 3.3 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 3.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 3.9 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 50
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 10.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of John R. Welch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine ConeWNW 289°323 m10.3 mi
West LedgeW 269°305 m9.9 mi
Talcott MountainSW 224°276 m8.6 mi
East HillWSW 253°261 m11.5 mi
Onion MountainWSW 255°253 m10.5 mi
Ely MoundSW 220°246 m9.7 mi
Weed HillWNW 287°241 m9.3 mi
Broad HillWNW 293°238 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen141 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander88 obs
  • Painted Turtle61 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel58 obs
  • American Robin53 obs
  • American wintergreen49 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage48 obs
  • eastern white pine48 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/43436301

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