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Major Besse Park

Major Besse Park from directly overhead

Major Besse Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the west, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

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Coordinates41.81509, -73.14700
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sharon Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bannon Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Alvord Park: 1.3 mi
  • Donahue Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Borzani Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Attractions: 48
  • Pinnacle Rock: 3.0 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 6.9 mi
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 7.6 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 5.1 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 16.7 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Hornet's Nest: 2.9 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.8 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 9.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 10.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Bike Sculpture: 17.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 18.1 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 18.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 18.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 6.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Major Besse Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainW 273°513 m7.7 mi
Ivy MountainNW 315°504 m5.6 mi
The PinnacleW 273°502 m8.2 mi
Red MountainWNW 287°499 m7.8 mi
Sedgwick MountainWNW 301°495 m7.8 mi
Brass MountainNW 304°491 m5.6 mi
Bartholomew HillWNW 289°484 m7.2 mi
Riggs HillN 351°480 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:25

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
  • American Black Bear8 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary5 obs
  • Great Blue Heron4 obs
  • House Sparrow3 obs
  • broadleaf arrowhead3 obs
  • House Centipede3 obs
  • American tuliptree3 obs
  • garlic mustard3 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/43399280

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