Mechanic Street Triangle Dog Park
Mechanic Street Triangle Dog Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Nash Gardens, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Nash Gardens: 0.1 mi
- The Park on Nash: 0.1 mi
- East Rock Park-Blake Field: 0.2 mi
- Jocelyn Square: 0.3 mi
- Hamilton Street Walkway: 0.5 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 0.2 mi
- Joseph W. Lenzi: 0.7 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.8 mi
- 29th Colored Regiment Monument: 1.0 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Snake Rock: 0.7 mi
- Indian Head: 0.8 mi
- East Rock: 0.8 mi
- Whitney Peak: 1.3 mi
- Mill Rock: 1.7 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 2.2 mi
- Henry and Irene Garguilo Wildlife Refuge: 2.4 mi
- Bishop Woods Bird Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.9 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 5.2 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.2 mi
- Short Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 5.3 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 0.6 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Knot Garden: 0.8 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.7 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.0 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.7 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.9 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.9 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.0 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.3 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.0 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.5 mi
- John B Pierce: 1.6 mi
- An American Dream: 1.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.7 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
- Pond View: 17.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 15.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mechanic Street Triangle Dog Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 348° | 263 m | 10.3 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 345° | 216 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 7° | 206 m | 7.9 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 329° | 193 m | 8.8 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 315° | 190 m | 6.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 304° | 183 m | 7.7 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 53° | 176 m | 9.3 mi |
| Peck Hill | WNW 301° | 171 m | 7.6 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 Sparrow246 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel232 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly218 obs
- common mugwort193 obs
- American Robin184 obs
- Mourning Dove176 obs
- multiflora rose173 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk154 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/236153549
Day trips start here
- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
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