Lenzi Park
Lenzi Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph W. Lenzi, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joseph W. Lenzi: 0.0 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 0.5 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 0.6 mi
- 29th Colored Regiment Monument: 0.7 mi
- Wooster Square: 0.2 mi
- Hamilton Street Walkway: 0.3 mi
- Paul Russo Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Mulberry Jam Parklet: 0.3 mi
- Wooster Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 0.3 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 0.5 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 0.6 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 1.5 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.4 mi
- East Rock: 1.5 mi
- Indian Head: 1.5 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.6 mi
- Whitney Peak: 2.0 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 1.9 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 2.8 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 4.5 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 4.7 mi
- Prospect Beach: 4.8 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 4.8 mi
- Knot Garden: 0.7 mi
- Winchester Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Bog Garden: 1.1 mi
- Perennial Beds: 1.1 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.4 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.6 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.7 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.7 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.2 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.6 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.2 mi
- John B Pierce: 1.0 mi
- An American Dream: 1.0 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.7 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.7 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.9 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
- Pond View: 16.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Lenzi Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 351° | 263 m | 10.8 mi |
| High Rock | N 349° | 216 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 9° | 206 m | 8.6 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 290° | 202 m | 11.1 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 333° | 193 m | 9.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 320° | 190 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 309° | 183 m | 7.8 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 51° | 176 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
- White-throated Sparrow235 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel218 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly211 obs
- common mugwort201 obs
- multiflora rose176 obs
- Mourning Dove171 obs
- American Robin165 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco141 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43437035
Day trips start here
- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
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