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Nike Site Park

Nike Site Park from directly overhead

Nike Site Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cynthia Circle Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
45 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27149, -72.98121

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cynthia Circle Park: 0.3 mi
  • Painter Park: 1.3 mi
  • Ken Strong Stadium: 1.5 mi
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Old Tavern Road Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 3.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 19
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 1.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Pond View: 13.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 3.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 3.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Nike Site Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNE 12°216 m9.9 mi
Great HillNW 312°202 m9.5 mi
Meeting House HillN 356°193 m10.7 mi
Israel HillWNW 291°192 m11.1 mi
Round HillN 352°190 m8.0 mi
Upper White HillsWNW 300°188 m10.6 mi
Peck HillNNW 340°183 m7.9 mi
Peck HillNNW 339°171 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

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
  • Dark-eyed Junco121 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow81 obs
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet68 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
  • Song Sparrow39 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat36 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly33 obs
  • Hermit Thrush31 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 node/359282136

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