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Starr Park

Starr Park from directly overhead

Starr Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Beechwood Park, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

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Coordinates41.71424, -72.73460
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Eagle Lantern Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Southwood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Alumni Field: 1.1 mi
  • Kellogg/Eddy Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Mary Welles Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.4 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.5 mi
  • Hunger Strikers Memorial: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 60
Gardens: 56
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 4.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.0 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 5.2 mi
  • Green Wall: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 19.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Starr Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 334°276 m7.5 mi
Taine MountainWNW 290°268 m9.9 mi
Wildcat MountainWNW 284°262 m10.7 mi
Ely MoundNNW 327°246 m6.4 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 259°229 m5.0 mi
Ragged MountainSW 214°217 m8.1 mi
Bradley MountainSW 234°207 m6.6 mi
Clark HillESE 119°206 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee19 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • American pokeweed15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee14 obs
  • Common Grackle13 obs
  • House Sparrow13 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/43437049

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