Occum Playground
Occum Playground is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Westminster Hill stands 187 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is R. "Red" McKeon Occum Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.9 miles off.
Private, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Norwich
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 9.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- R. "Red" McKeon Occum Park: 0.2 mi
- Taftville Playground: 1.7 mi
- World War I Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Raymond “Cit” Ouellet Park: 1.9 mi
- Bridge Street Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Krodel Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Canterbury Turnpike Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Lawler Lane Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Sunfox Campground: 1.3 mi
- John Bishop House: 1.8 mi
- Norwich Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop: 3.7 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 3.8 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 4.2 mi
- Bundy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Colegrove Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ox Hill: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 3.1 mi
- Modock Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Miantonomo: 3.0 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 5.0 mi
- plaque: 5.3 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 9.7 mi
- Promised Day: 4.9 mi
- Nevertheless: 4.9 mi
- Muffler Man: 5.4 mi
- River Blue: 7.2 mi
- Sparky: 11.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 4.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 5.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 5.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 5.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 5.4 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 13.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 16.6 mi
- Williams Beach: 17.7 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 17.8 mi
- Groton Beach: 17.8 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 0.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 7.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 7.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 8.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Mary's Garden: 11.8 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 12.0 mi
- fern and rock garden: 14.6 mi
- Sprout Garden: 14.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 22.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 22.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 20.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 12.1 mi
- Old Spring: 12.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 16.9 mi
- Powder House: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Occum Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Hill | N 10° | 187 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pleasure Hill | NW 314° | 172 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pudding Hill | N 353° | 171 m | 8.9 mi |
| Scott Hill | WSW 250° | 165 m | 9.0 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | N 9° | 163 m | 5.4 mi |
| Prentice Mountain | SE 139° | 163 m | 8.8 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | W 278° | 160 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mason Hill | W 280° | 158 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,916 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee1,045 obs
- Western Honey Bee850 obs
- House Sparrow701 obs
- Monarch420 obs
- Carolina Wren383 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee338 obs
- Northern Paper Wasp334 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/911614976
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