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Monitor Square

Monitor Square from directly overhead

Monitor Square is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Orchard-Gilbert Neighborhood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.31156, -72.94675

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orchard-Gilbert Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kensington Street Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Sherman Triangle: 0.4 mi
  • Chapel-Day Sitting Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Garden Street Park`: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Gag Jr's Corner: 0.7 mi
  • Bishop William M Philpot Sr Corner: 0.8 mi
  • Bishop James Varick Corner: 0.9 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens: 49
  • Peace Garden At West River: 0.5 mi
  • Winchester Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Knot Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Artworks: 22
Attractions: 22
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
  • Pond View: 15.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Monitor Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordN 359°263 m10.4 mi
Moose HillNW 305°231 m10.9 mi
Beacon CapNNW 344°221 m10.9 mi
High RockN 2°216 m6.9 mi
Mount CarmelNNE 19°206 m8.7 mi
Great HillWNW 292°202 m9.5 mi
Rock RimmonNW 324°199 m9.9 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 342°193 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel232 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly190 obs
  • Mourning Dove168 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee151 obs
  • House Sparrow145 obs
  • common mugwort144 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow138 obs
  • American Robin134 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/43437582

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