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Oxbow Park

Oxbow Park from directly overhead

Oxbow Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 325 m. Ivy Mountain stands 504 m to the west-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
325 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.80595, -73.07593
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Sap Evaporator: 3.3 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 4.7 mi
  • John Brown Birthplace: 5.4 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls
Attractions: 52
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 4.0 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 5.0 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 5.7 mi
  • Tory's Den: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.1 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 13.1 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Judea Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 16.4 mi
Artworks: 39
Cliffs: 29
  • Hornet's Nest: 3.5 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 6.3 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 4.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Oxbow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy MountainWNW 301°504 m8.9 mi
Brass MountainWNW 295°491 m9.1 mi
Beech HillWNW 302°452 m8.0 mi
Platt HillNNW 342°443 m6.7 mi
Mount OuleoutNW 323°433 m7.8 mi
Lucas HillWNW 293°430 m7.9 mi
Burr MountainNW 316°425 m8.2 mi
School HillWNW 284°425 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Song Sparrow20 obs
  • American Black Bear16 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker15 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird12 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee12 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow11 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/1093707264

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