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Leary Park

Leary Park from directly overhead

Leary Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Dolbeare Hill stands 162 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglas Lane Tract, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 16 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
74 m
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Coordinates41.38783, -72.14262

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 32
  • The Whale: 3.4 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 5.3 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 5.4 mi
  • turtle rock: 8.1 mi
  • tri-town marker: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Silver Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Azalea Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 1.8 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Sprout Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Leary Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dolbeare HillNNW 340°162 m5.8 mi
Sharp HillN 354°149 m4.4 mi
Crandall HillN 9°137 m4.7 mi
Ridge HillNW 317°134 m3.8 mi
Morgan HillWNW 301°120 m3.2 mi
Polly HillWNW 292°117 m3.1 mi
Lynch HillN 3°115 m5.1 mi
Konomoc HillNW 311°112 m1.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sweet Pepperbush27 obs
  • common mugwort21 obs
  • mountain laurel20 obs
  • Viscid Violet Cort19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee17 obs
  • pickerelweed15 obs
  • Ghost Pipe14 obs
  • sassafras13 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/43439846

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