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Laurel Park

Laurel Park from directly overhead

Laurel Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 441 m. Stone Man Mountain stands 528 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
441 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.89732, -73.11594

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Winchester Center Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Club Island Park: 1.1 mi
  • Resha Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Highland Lake Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
  • Town Park: 2.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 59
Attractions: 47
  • 4 towns meet: 3.3 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 6.4 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 6.4 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.8 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 45
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 10.9 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.4 mi
  • Judea Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 40
Cliffs: 26
  • Winsted Cliffs: 2.6 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 8.5 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 8.5 mi
  • The Beech: 12.1 mi
  • Space Invaders: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 3.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Laurel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone Man MountainWNW 296°528 m9.5 mi
Wangum Lake HillNW 305°521 m8.9 mi
Haystack MountainNNW 327°510 m8.8 mi
Dutton MountainNW 324°506 m6.8 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 252°504 m5.8 mi
Red MountainWSW 249°499 m9.7 mi
The MatterhornWNW 295°498 m7.9 mi
Dennis HillNW 310°496 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • eastern white pine7 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail5 obs
  • mountain laurel5 obs
  • Canada mayflower5 obs
  • American Black Bear4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer4 obs
  • Rosy Maple Moth4 obs
  • common yarrow4 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 node/359281544

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