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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, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hale Point, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27095, -72.90458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Fort Hale Point: 0.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 1.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 1.9 mi
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
  • Morris Creek Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Maturo Drive Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Old Town Landing: 1.6 mi
  • East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 34
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 2.6 mi
  • An American Dream: 2.6 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 3.9 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 4.1 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.8 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 10.0 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.4 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Pond View: 17.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Nathan Hale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 349°216 m9.9 mi
Mount CarmelN 4°206 m11.1 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 336°193 m11.7 mi
Round HillNNW 327°190 m9.5 mi
Peck HillNW 318°183 m10.0 mi
Totoket MountainNE 39°176 m11.3 mi
Peck HillNW 316°171 m9.8 mi
East SugarloafNE 51°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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull227 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk199 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull166 obs
  • Brant119 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab117 obs
  • Northern Harrier99 obs
  • Eastern Oyster93 obs
  • Osprey85 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/985365040

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