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Lafayette Green

Lafayette Green from directly overhead

Lafayette Green is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27575, -72.51685

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Cedar Knoll: 2.1 mi
  • Murdock Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cow Hill: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 47
Waterfalls: 32
  • Nineveh Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Stone Table: 5.8 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 6.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 10.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillNNW 348°201 m11.8 mi
Long HillN 3°154 m11.8 mi
Turkey HillN 2°140 m11.0 mi
Turkey HillN 5°138 m9.8 mi
Wig HillN 10°128 m9.1 mi
Tower HillN 359°126 m5.6 mi
Buell HillNNW 329°119 m6.1 mi
Honey HillNE 44°114 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4620:27
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.

  • Harbor Seal34 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin28 obs
  • Osprey25 obs
  • Great Egret21 obs
  • common mugwort20 obs
  • Glossy Ibis19 obs
  • Mummichog17 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant17 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 node/359277549

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