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Mixville Park

Mixville Park from directly overhead

Mixville Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Head, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Cheshire
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.51722, -72.93883
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gateway Park: 2.1 mi
  • McGrath Park: 2.1 mi
  • Forger Park: 2.2 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.3 mi
  • The Church Green: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 60
Museums
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.9 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.2 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 5.9 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 6.0 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 55
Attractions: 54
  • Libby's Lump: 7.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.8 mi
  • 1954: 10.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 11.3 mi
  • Rock House: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 49
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Pond View: 20.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.4 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mixville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainN 357°313 m9.1 mi
Lindsley HillN 349°312 m7.4 mi
Clinton HillNNW 333°303 m7.8 mi
West PeakENE 58°301 m5.8 mi
Becar HillNNW 340°297 m7.6 mi
Compounce MountainN 360°290 m7.9 mi
Fall MountainNNW 343°284 m9.2 mi
Southington MountainN 355°281 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
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 °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle20 obs
  • Black Swallowtail20 obs
  • Mallard16 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk15 obs
  • Killdeer13 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 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/43440863

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