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Scott Road Park

Scott Road Park from directly overhead

Scott Road Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

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Coordinates41.53586, -72.99088
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 2.9 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 3.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Sustainable Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Poet's Circle: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 58
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Maori Head: 2.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 3.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 3.1 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 3.1 mi
  • Home: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Libby's Lump: 6.9 mi
  • Rock House: 8.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.8 mi
  • Millstone: 10.5 mi
  • Millstone: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 48
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.8 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.0 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 12.6 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Pond View: 19.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 5.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.9 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Scott Road Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNE 16°313 m8.1 mi
Lindsley HillNNE 12°312 m6.2 mi
Clinton HillN 351°303 m5.7 mi
West PeakENE 76°301 m7.8 mi
Becar HillN 2°297 m5.9 mi
Great HillW 269°292 m7.5 mi
Compounce MountainNNE 22°290 m7.2 mi
Fall MountainN 0°284 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian bittersweet6 obs
  • Bobcat5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade4 obs
  • Japanese barberry4 obs
  • autumn olive4 obs
  • Ravenel's stinkhorn4 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/43440779

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