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Sand Hill / Nevers Park

Sand Hill / Nevers Park from directly overhead

Sand Hill / Nevers Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Lakes Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
57 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.84257, -72.54788
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Larry Duprey Field: 0.3 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 0.6 mi
  • Northwest Park: 2.9 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 2.9 mi
  • Bernie Daley Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.5 mi
  • filled-in well: 5.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.5 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.2 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 9.1 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.3 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Crow Point: 10.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 6
  • Windham Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Rd: 24.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Sand Hill / Nevers Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 34°322 m12.5 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 41°315 m10.6 mi
Paulk HillENE 72°294 m8.7 mi
Kendall HillENE 60°290 m11.0 mi
Grant HillESE 102°284 m8.5 mi
Sugar HillENE 68°282 m9.8 mi
Reed HillE 88°275 m7.5 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 41°275 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch70 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail55 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee40 obs
  • purple loosestrife35 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage27 obs
  • Painted Turtle25 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird24 obs
  • common milkweed24 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/43437249

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