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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

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Coordinates41.54154, -73.02832
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • George Tirado Sr. Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hopeville Playground: 0.6 mi
  • West Dover Street Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Library Park: 1.2 mi
  • Center Square: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 1.2 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 1.3 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Sustainable Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Poet's Circle: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Maori Head: 0.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 1.1 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 1.2 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Rock House: 7.4 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 7.6 mi
  • Millstone: 9.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 48
Cliffs: 22
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.7 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 12.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Pond View: 18.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNE 29°313 m8.5 mi
Lindsley HillNNE 30°312 m6.5 mi
Clinton HillN 11°303 m5.4 mi
Becar HillNNE 21°297 m5.9 mi
Great HillW 264°292 m5.6 mi
Compounce MountainNE 36°290 m7.8 mi
Fall MountainNNE 15°284 m7.4 mi
Blackmans HillW 270°282 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly10 obs
  • European Starling7 obs
  • Asiatic dayflower6 obs
  • Asian bittersweet6 obs
  • Northern Cardinal5 obs
  • House Sparrow5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 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/43440806

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