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Robert Crown Park

Robert Crown Park from directly overhead

Robert Crown Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
38 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.37042, -72.10092

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Satterlee Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hodges Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nelson W. Nitchman Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Thames River Boat Launch (New London): 0.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 26
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
  • Silver Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade: 14.6 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 19
  • Bertholf Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 0.7 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 0.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Robert Crown Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillNNW 335°149 m6.2 mi
Crandall HillNNW 346°137 m6.0 mi
Ridge HillNW 310°134 m6.2 mi
Morgan HillWNW 300°120 m5.7 mi
Polly HillWNW 295°117 m5.5 mi
Lynch HillNNW 343°115 m6.6 mi
Konomoc HillNW 304°112 m4.3 mi
Pie HillNNW 339°109 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

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

  • Canada Goose45 obs
  • common mugwort40 obs
  • Song Sparrow31 obs
  • Monarch30 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee29 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk25 obs
  • mountain laurel24 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/932238389

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