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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Todzia Giramonti Majewski Memorial Parkade, a park 0.2 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.67807, -72.79029
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Todzia Giramonti Majewski Memorial Parkade: 0.2 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kosciuszko Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pulaski Park: 0.5 mi
  • McCabe Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 3.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.6 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 58
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 2.7 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 2.7 mi
  • South Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 18.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWSW 256°313 m8.4 mi
Lindsley HillWSW 247°312 m9.8 mi
West PeakSSW 199°301 m8.5 mi
Mount HopeWNW 285°297 m9.7 mi
Compounce MountainWSW 248°290 m8.3 mi
Southington MountainWSW 236°281 m9.8 mi
East PeakSSW 196°277 m8.7 mi
Talcott MountainN 357°276 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • House Sparrow12 obs
  • multiflora rose12 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk11 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant11 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/914477191

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