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Peterson Park

Peterson Park from directly overhead

Peterson Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolcott Dog Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates41.61172, -72.98618
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Cascades: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Rochambeau Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.8 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 4.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 58
Artworks: 50
  • Maori Head: 4.8 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 5.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 5.1 mi
  • Home: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 5.8 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Green Wall: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 11
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Pond View: 24.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 5.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Peterson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 38°313 m3.2 mi
Lindsley HillNE 54°312 m1.3 mi
Camp HillNW 312°311 m9.1 mi
Lattin HillNW 309°310 m8.1 mi
Walnut HillNW 307°307 m8.2 mi
Clinton HillWNW 290°303 m1.2 mi
West PeakESE 115°301 m8.1 mi
Becar HillN 352°297 m0.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada mayflower11 obs
  • azure bluet11 obs
  • Green Frog10 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush9 obs
  • autumn olive9 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage8 obs
  • mountain laurel8 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit8 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/43439267

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