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Stanley Quarter Park

Stanley Quarter Park from directly overhead

Stanley Quarter Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone House Ruins, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69424, -72.77734

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascades: 8.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 56
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 2.9 mi
  • South Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 18.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Stanley Quarter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWSW 250°313 m9.3 mi
West PeakSSW 201°301 m9.7 mi
Mount HopeW 278°297 m10.1 mi
Compounce MountainWSW 243°290 m9.4 mi
East PeakSSW 198°277 m10.0 mi
Talcott MountainN 352°276 m8.2 mi
Higby MountainS 169°272 m10.0 mi
Taine MountainNW 304°268 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

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, 7 mi away.

  • Mallard35 obs
  • multiflora rose23 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • Groundhog20 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • House Sparrow17 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/43437590

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