Thamesville Playground
Thamesville Playground is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Crown Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 7.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Thamesville Recreation Association;City of Norwich
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Crown Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 0.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 0.9 mi
- Long Rock: 1.3 mi
- Jail Hill: 1.3 mi
- Elizabeth Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Trading Cove Association: 0.9 mi
- The Marina at American Wharf: 0.9 mi
- Howard T. Brown Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Courthouse Square: 1.2 mi
- Crandall Property: 0.8 mi
- F. W. Brown Tract: 0.8 mi
- Laurel Circle Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Talman Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Talman Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 0.9 mi
- Miantonomo: 3.2 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 4.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 7.2 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 1.7 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 1.8 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 2.6 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 2.6 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 11.9 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 12.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 12.0 mi
- Groton Beach: 12.4 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 12.5 mi
- Muffler Man: 0.8 mi
- Nevertheless: 1.1 mi
- Promised Day: 1.1 mi
- River Blue: 1.3 mi
- Sparky: 5.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 1.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.3 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 6.4 mi
- The Whale: 10.8 mi
- turtle rock: 11.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.0 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.2 mi
- Laurel Walk: 9.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 16.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 3.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 18.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.0 mi
- Powder House: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 23.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 24.0 mi
- Old Spring: 8.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Thamesville Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | WSW 244° | 182 m | 6.7 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | WSW 253° | 171 m | 7.4 mi |
| Raymond Hill | WSW 256° | 170 m | 5.0 mi |
| Scott Hill | WNW 291° | 165 m | 7.1 mi |
| Prentice Mountain | E 97° | 163 m | 7.7 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | WSW 238° | 162 m | 5.8 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 335° | 160 m | 7.1 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | NW 304° | 153 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 2 mi away.
- common dandelion39 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
- Mallard23 obs
- common mugwort23 obs
- multiflora rose22 obs
- common milkweed21 obs
- eastern poison ivy21 obs
- great mullein21 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/461258056
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