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Martin Park

Martin Park from directly overhead

Martin Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Reach Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

What to expect

Operated by
Town of East Hartford

How to reach it

Coordinates41.77373, -72.62426

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Crow Point: 4.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 9.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.1 mi
  • South Wall: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Martin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 286°276 m9.4 mi
MannantuckESE 120°273 m9.0 mi
John Tom HillESE 120°272 m9.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 157°265 m10.8 mi
Box HillENE 77°252 m9.0 mi
Ely MoundW 278°246 m9.3 mi
Lookout MountainE 100°237 m7.3 mi
Kongscut MountainSE 131°234 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.

  • Fowler's Toad12 obs
  • American Bullfrog12 obs
  • sensitive fern11 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • Green Frog10 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • white clover8 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/951527039

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