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Nelligan Park

Nelligan Park from directly overhead

Nelligan Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Warsaw Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.33762, -73.06128

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Warsaw Park: 0.7 mi
  • East Derby Green: 1.0 mi
  • Ansonia Riverwalk Park: 1.1 mi
  • Witek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Linnett Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 52
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 25
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.4 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.3 mi
  • Millstone: 9.9 mi
  • Millstone: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.9 mi
  • Pond View: 9.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Nelligan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNW 326°231 m5.3 mi
Fivemile HillNNW 327°223 m7.4 mi
Towantic HillNNW 345°219 m8.9 mi
High RockNE 50°216 m8.0 mi
Osborn HillWNW 298°206 m9.0 mi
Beacon HillN 8°204 m8.4 mi
Great HillWNW 302°202 m3.4 mi
Tobys Rock MountainN 357°201 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 2 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee35 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee34 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee28 obs
  • Northern Cardinal26 obs
  • garlic mustard25 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • Perplexing Bumble Bee23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43437185

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