Old Campus
Old Campus is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Linonia Court, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Linonia Court: 0.1 mi
- Calliope Court: 0.1 mi
- Jonathan Edwards Courtyard: 0.1 mi
- Killingworth Court: 0.1 mi
- Branford Court: 0.1 mi
- Bishop Tutu Corner: 0.1 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 0.2 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Gag Jr's Corner: 0.3 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 0.4 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 0.4 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 0.5 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 1.0 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Maltby Lakes: 2.9 mi
- East Rock: 1.8 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.8 mi
- Indian Head: 1.9 mi
- Whitney Peak: 2.2 mi
- Mill Rock: 2.2 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 4.3 mi
- Prospect Beach: 4.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.6 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 5.0 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.2 mi
- Knot Garden: 0.5 mi
- Winchester Garden: 0.6 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Perennial Beds: 0.9 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 5.3 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.1 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 11.2 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.8 mi
- An American Dream: 0.5 mi
- John B Pierce: 0.5 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.0 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.4 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Chimney Corner: 12.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.8 mi
- Pond View: 15.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Old Campus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 354° | 263 m | 10.6 mi |
| High Rock | N 354° | 216 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNE 13° | 206 m | 8.7 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 291° | 202 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 321° | 199 m | 10.6 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 337° | 193 m | 8.8 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 324° | 190 m | 6.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 312° | 183 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
- White-throated Sparrow234 obs
- common mugwort231 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly218 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel217 obs
- multiflora rose186 obs
- Mourning Dove175 obs
- American Robin162 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk139 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/211737531
Day trips start here
- Essex · 28 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
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