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Talcott Park

Talcott Park from directly overhead

Talcott Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is New England Civil War Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

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Coordinates41.86965, -72.44915
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Central Park: 0.2 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Henry Park: 0.6 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 0.9 mi
  • American Legion Field: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 0.9 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 8.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.0 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.5 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Major John Mason Statue: 9.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • filled-in well: 2.5 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 8.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 12.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Hockanum Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Rd: 24.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Picnic: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Talcott Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 28°332 m10.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 11°323 m11.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 13°322 m8.7 mi
Pine MountainN 11°319 m12.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 17°315 m6.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 12°303 m11.8 mi
Perkins MountainN 11°298 m10.9 mi
Paulk HillENE 76°294 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle15 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • Green Frog8 obs
  • striped wintergreen8 obs
  • blunt woodsia8 obs
  • Blue Dasher7 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper7 obs
  • Eastern Forktail7 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/43439554

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