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Southwest Family Park

Southwest Family Park from directly overhead

Southwest Family Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

The record

What the record says

Elevation
54 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windsor Locks
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91861, -72.65681

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Denslow Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Green Manor Park: 0.7 mi
  • Juniper Park: 0.9 mi
  • Northridge Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Cow: 6.3 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 7.4 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 9.1 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 9.3 mi
  • Steamer: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 56
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.7 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.8 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.9 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 48
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 11.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 12.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.0 mi
  • Rd: 19.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Southwest Family Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine ConeW 281°323 m11.2 mi
West LedgeW 263°305 m11.2 mi
Talcott MountainSW 225°276 m10.4 mi
Ely MoundSW 221°246 m11.5 mi
Weed HillW 278°241 m10.3 mi
Broad HillWNW 284°238 m10.2 mi
Fox HillESE 109°200 m11.6 mi
Avon MountainSW 223°191 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen42 obs
  • ground-ivy35 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage30 obs
  • garlic mustard29 obs
  • Red Clover28 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • sensitive fern27 obs
  • ribwort plantain24 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/43440726

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