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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is John Fitch Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates41.84830, -72.65482
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John Fitch Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Trent Drive Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pine Hill Open Space: 1.3 mi
  • Custer Drive Tot Lot: 1.4 mi
  • Deerfield Playground: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Cook Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Day Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Tudor Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Wickham Hill: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 1.2 mi
  • VW: 2.6 mi
  • Farm Tool: 2.6 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.9 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Waterfalls: 59
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Hart Meadow: 8.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 8
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWSW 251°276 m7.8 mi
Onion MountainW 274°253 m11.6 mi
Box HillESE 107°252 m10.8 mi
Ely MoundWSW 243°246 m8.6 mi
Lookout MountainSE 126°237 m10.8 mi
Birch MountainSE 127°233 m11.2 mi
Whites HillESE 117°231 m11.6 mi
Case MountainSE 125°215 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ground-ivy52 obs
  • American Robin49 obs
  • eastern poison ivy46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • sensitive fern39 obs
  • Canada Goose36 obs
  • multiflora rose31 obs
  • garlic mustard30 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/43439294

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