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McGrath Park

McGrath Park from directly overhead

McGrath Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
270 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Prospect Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.50270, -72.97522
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 3.3 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Fountain: 4.3 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 5.0 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 5.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Poet's Circle: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 57
Artworks: 55
Attractions: 52
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.0 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 8.8 mi
  • Millstone: 10.3 mi
  • Millstone: 10.4 mi
  • Rock House: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 50
Cliffs: 22
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 9.2 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.4 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 12.0 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 14.9 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
  • Pond View: 18.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillN 4°312 m8.3 mi
Clinton HillNNW 348°303 m8.1 mi
West PeakENE 59°301 m8.0 mi
Becar HillN 355°297 m8.2 mi
Great HillWNW 285°292 m8.6 mi
Southington MountainNNE 12°281 m6.9 mi
East PeakENE 62°277 m8.1 mi
Andrews HillWSW 258°275 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer4 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee4 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee4 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
  • American pokeweed3 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail3 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/886315214

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