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Joseph V. Cronin Park

Joseph V. Cronin Park from directly overhead

Joseph V. Cronin Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. West Ledge stands 305 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hubbard Street Tot Lot, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1947

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80348, -72.70693

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Painted Cow: 1.7 mi
  • Sedna: 2.0 mi
  • Cow: 2.2 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.3 mi
  • VW: 2.5 mi
  • Farm Tool: 2.6 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 17
  • Hart Meadow: 5.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Joseph V. Cronin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNW 307°305 m10.8 mi
Talcott MountainW 277°276 m4.8 mi
Taine MountainWSW 256°268 m11.1 mi
East HillWNW 289°261 m10.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 284°257 m11.1 mi
Onion MountainWNW 294°253 m9.7 mi
Ely MoundW 261°246 m5.0 mi
Mount HorrWNW 282°238 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

  • Big Sand Tiger Beetle43 obs
  • Festive Tiger Beetle18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • clasping milkweed15 obs
  • striped wintergreen14 obs
  • House Finch14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • American Robin12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43440984

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