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Painter Park

Painter Park from directly overhead

Painter Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ray Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.0 miles off.

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Coordinates41.26335, -72.95860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ken Strong Stadium: 0.4 mi
  • Old Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Savin Rock Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bradley Point Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Haven Green: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 2.4 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 2.0 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 3.0 mi
  • Knot Garden: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 34
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 17
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.4 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Pond View: 14.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Painter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 5°216 m10.3 mi
Great HillNW 310°202 m10.7 mi
Meeting House HillN 350°193 m11.4 mi
Round HillNNW 345°190 m8.8 mi
Upper White HillsWNW 300°188 m11.9 mi
Peck HillNNW 334°183 m8.8 mi
Peck HillNNW 333°171 m8.5 mi
Walnut Tree HillWNW 285°171 m11.4 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 solstice07:1515:4216:26

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco114 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab90 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow75 obs
  • American Herring Gull72 obs
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet65 obs
  • Song Sparrow57 obs
  • American Oystercatcher53 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull45 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/43398044

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