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Robertson Park

Robertson Park from directly overhead

Robertson Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Northwest Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Manchester

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79575, -72.52453

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Northwest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hop River State Park Trail Head: 0.9 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 1.1 mi
  • Salter's Pond: 1.1 mi
  • Bernie Daley Memorial Field: 1.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 58
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.4 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Flag Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Crow Point: 7.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Robertson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNE 27°315 m12.7 mi
Paulk HillNE 50°294 m9.2 mi
Kendall HillNE 44°290 m12.0 mi
Grant HillENE 78°284 m7.2 mi
Sugar HillNE 49°282 m10.4 mi
Reed HillENE 61°275 m7.2 mi
MannantuckSSE 156°273 m6.6 mi
John Tom HillSSE 156°272 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

  • garlic mustard39 obs
  • Canada Goose28 obs
  • Bald Eagle27 obs
  • Japanese knotweed21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs
  • common mugwort18 obs
  • Mallard17 obs
  • Greater celandine17 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/43436639

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