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Tynan Memorial Park

Tynan Memorial Park from directly overhead

Tynan Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Old South Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55444, -72.71384

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Smith Park: 0.9 mi
  • Frank S. Marszalek Park: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Butternut Hollow Park: 2.3 mi
  • Kronenberger Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 60
  • 1954: 1.3 mi
  • Come On Over Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.3 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 7.1 mi
  • Bible Rock: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls
Museums
Gardens
Artworks: 52
Beaches: 36
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 1.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Tynan Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakW 275°301 m6.7 mi
East PeakW 272°277 m6.3 mi
Higby MountainW 261°272 m1.4 mi
TrimountainS 190°232 m6.7 mi
Fowler MountainS 190°230 m7.8 mi
Great HillENE 78°222 m8.4 mi
South MountainW 271°220 m5.6 mi
Beseck MountainSSW 210°219 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
  • Black Tupelo13 obs
  • wineberry12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • yellow trout lily11 obs
  • red columbine10 obs
  • bloodroot10 obs
  • Christmas fern10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/665026168

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