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Lions Park

Lions Park from directly overhead

Lions Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Branford Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27144, -72.84626

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Branford Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Baldwin Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Raynham Hill: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pardee Park: 0.8 mi
  • East Haven Town Green: 1.1 mi
  • Parker Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Margaret Tucker Park: 1.4 mi
  • Branford River Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 1.1 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 1.1 mi
  • World War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 37
Attractions: 24
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 0.9 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 7.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 9.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 21
  • John B Pierce: 5.0 mi
  • An American Dream: 5.0 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 5.2 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 5.8 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.9 mi
  • Pond View: 20.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Lions Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 333°216 m10.9 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNE 27°210 m12.4 mi
Mount CarmelNNW 348°206 m11.2 mi
Round HillNW 314°190 m11.4 mi
Peck HillNW 308°183 m12.2 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 25°176 m9.6 mi
Peck HillNW 306°171 m12.0 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 41°167 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 2 mi away.

  • Osprey24 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail20 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
  • Black Swallowtail19 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Wild Turkey17 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/1221561722

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