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Trask Town Park

Trask Town Park from directly overhead

Trask Town Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kavanagh Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
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Coordinates41.28475, -72.38456

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Westbrook Honor Roll: 3.3 mi
  • Westbrook: 3.4 mi
  • In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 3.4 mi
  • Suellen Kozy McCuin: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Stone Table: 6.0 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.6 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 10.4 mi
  • tri-town marker: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Silver Falls: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 11.8 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Trask Town Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArcherN 9°136 m8.3 mi
Grassy HillNE 34°129 m9.7 mi
Wig HillNNW 328°128 m9.8 mi
Tower HillNW 305°126 m8.6 mi
Nickerson HillNNE 21°123 m8.4 mi
Honey HillN 8°114 m7.7 mi
Brown HillNNE 25°112 m7.8 mi
Bushy HillNW 316°105 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Shark Eye1,013 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee70 obs
  • Flat-clawed Hermit Crab49 obs
  • American Herring Gull49 obs
  • Monarch45 obs
  • Channeled Whelk41 obs
  • Long-claw Hermit Crab39 obs
  • Semipalmated Plover38 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 node/359277856

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