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Rockwell Park

Rockwell Park from directly overhead

Rockwell Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 118 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

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What the record says

Elevation
118 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67442, -72.96094

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 0.1 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 2.6 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Parks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
Attractions
  • Libby's Lump: 3.6 mi
  • Tory's Den: 3.6 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 4.5 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 4.7 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks: 48
  • Maori Head: 9.3 mi
  • Home: 9.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Ravens Roost: 3.5 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 3.5 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.1 mi
  • Green Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 14.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Cold Spring: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNW 343°354 m5.8 mi
Guernsey HillWNW 286°346 m9.3 mi
Scoville HillNW 310°340 m9.0 mi
South MountainSSE 158°313 m1.9 mi
Lindsley HillS 184°312 m3.6 mi
Camp HillWNW 282°311 m8.2 mi
Lattin HillW 275°310 m7.7 mi
Walnut HillW 274°307 m7.9 mi

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 solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel47 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird41 obs
  • Painted Turtle41 obs
  • Mallard37 obs
  • American Robin34 obs
  • Canada Goose33 obs
  • Blue Dasher21 obs
  • American Bullfrog21 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/43436054

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