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Nathan Hale Park

Nathan Hale Park from directly overhead

Nathan Hale Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Forbes Bluff, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.26764, -72.90004

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Fort Hale Point: 0.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • World War Memorial: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Morris Creek Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Maturo Drive Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Old Town Landing: 1.3 mi
  • Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
  • East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 34
Attractions: 22
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 2.9 mi
  • An American Dream: 3.0 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 4.2 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 4.4 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Pond View: 17.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Nathan Hale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 348°216 m10.2 mi
Mount CarmelN 3°206 m11.3 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 336°193 m12.0 mi
Round HillNNW 327°190 m9.8 mi
Peck HillNW 318°183 m10.3 mi
Totoket MountainNE 38°176 m11.3 mi
Peck HillNW 316°171 m10.1 mi
East SugarloafNE 49°156 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull211 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk199 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull147 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab114 obs
  • Brant108 obs
  • Northern Harrier99 obs
  • Osprey87 obs
  • Eastern Oyster85 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/43399647

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