Wallace Park
Wallace Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand & Washington Streets Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand & Washington Streets Park: 0.2 mi
- West Side Park: 0.3 mi
- Railroad Green: 0.4 mi
- Lakeside Park: 0.5 mi
- Lufbery Park: 0.5 mi
- Lyman Hall Monument: 0.5 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.2 mi
- Mount Tom: 0.7 mi
- Spice Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cook Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pond Hill: 2.5 mi
- Jinny Hill: 3.1 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Farming Museum: 3.9 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.3 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 5.8 mi
- Community Lake: 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Lynn Drive & Mohican Lane): 1.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Reskin & Field Drives): 1.4 mi
- Watrous Woods: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Jenna Road): 1.6 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 9.1 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 9.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.2 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.7 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.0 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 4.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 9.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 13.2 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 13.4 mi
- snake: 8.9 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 9.5 mi
- Turtle Statue: 10.2 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 10.6 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 10.7 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 4.9 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 8.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 8.1 mi
- 1954: 8.1 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 8.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.7 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.3 mi
- Pond View: 23.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 23.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 23.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 2.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Wallace Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | N 355° | 301 m | 7.4 mi |
| East Peak | N 358° | 277 m | 7.0 mi |
| Higby Mountain | NE 36° | 272 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Sanford | W 274° | 263 m | 6.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 298° | 263 m | 9.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 293° | 260 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | WNW 283° | 259 m | 9.4 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | W 279° | 253 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
- White-tailed Deer48 obs
- garlic mustard23 obs
- multiflora rose22 obs
- lesser celandine20 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk19 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
- Northern Cardinal15 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/43438398
Day trips start here
- Essex · 24 mi
- Old Saybrook · 26 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- Old Lyme · 29 mi
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