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Panthorn Park

Panthorn Park from directly overhead

Panthorn Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Southington Rest Area, a rest area 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

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Coordinates41.57447, -72.91173
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Rochambeau Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.2 mi
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 6.7 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 6.8 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • Rochambeau Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Southington Recreation Park: 1.8 mi
  • Copper Valley Club: 3.2 mi
  • Cheshire Park: 3.6 mi
  • Quinnipiac Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 8.5 mi
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 4.8 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.5 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Maori Head: 6.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 7.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 7.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 7.0 mi
  • Home: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 37
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 0.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Pond View: 24.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cold Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Panthorn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNW 340°313 m5.4 mi
Lindsley HillNW 320°312 m4.3 mi
Clinton HillWNW 301°303 m5.8 mi
West PeakESE 103°301 m3.6 mi
Becar HillNW 309°297 m5.1 mi
Compounce MountainNNW 340°290 m4.2 mi
Fall MountainNW 320°284 m6.3 mi
Southington MountainNW 313°281 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Blue Jay16 obs
  • garlic mustard10 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk9 obs
  • White-breasted Nuthatch8 obs
  • Bobcat8 obs
  • common mugwort8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43440639

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