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Nystrom Park

Nystrom Park from directly overhead

Nystrom Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Mount Prospect stands 400 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 30 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
277 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.68028, -73.11715
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Knife Shop Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade: 3.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.3 mi
Parks
  • Town Playground: 2.2 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
  • Reeves Field: 2.3 mi
  • Village Green: 2.3 mi
  • Kenea Park: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Alain C. White and May W. White: 3.7 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 6.2 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 6.3 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 48
Artworks: 41
  • Ben Franklin: 9.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.6 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 4.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 2.9 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 6.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 6.7 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 15
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 13.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Nystrom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ProspectWNW 298°400 m8.6 mi
Mount TomW 276°393 m8.1 mi
Jefferson HillNNW 335°378 m5.1 mi
Chestnut HillNW 323°359 m4.7 mi
Johnnycake MountainNE 51°354 m8.1 mi
Guernsey HillNNW 337°346 m2.3 mi
Todd HillWSW 255°344 m6.2 mi
Scoville HillNNE 12°340 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed5 obs
  • Canada mayflower5 obs
  • wild geranium4 obs
  • common jewelweed4 obs
  • Norway maple4 obs
  • whorled loosestrife4 obs
  • staghorn sumac4 obs
  • northern starflower4 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/43441046

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