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Stratton Brook State Park

Stratton Brook State Park from directly overhead

Stratton Brook State Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stratton Brook Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86064, -72.84468
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 3.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.3 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 5.6 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.9 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 58
Gardens: 58
  • Perennial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Primary Garden: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.8 mi
  • Cow: 7.2 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 55
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 5.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.0 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 6.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 12
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Stratton Brook State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 331°421 m8.8 mi
Washington HillNNW 331°359 m7.4 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 294°358 m4.7 mi
West HillW 275°328 m9.2 mi
Breezy HillW 281°327 m5.0 mi
Pine ConeNNW 348°323 m6.3 mi
Ragged MountainWNW 303°311 m8.7 mi
Yellow MountainW 260°310 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch28 obs
  • American Black Bear24 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Ghost Pipe20 obs
  • Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee20 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee20 obs
  • Great Blue Heron17 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/69598279

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