Washington Street Historic District
Washington Street Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Korea/Vietnam Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 37 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 0.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 0.6 mi
- 9/11 Relic: 0.6 mi
- SGT David Frederick: 0.6 mi
- Broad Street Historic District: 0.3 mi
- McCarthy Park: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Harbor Park: 0.7 mi
- Hubbard Park: 0.8 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 0.7 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 0.7 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 1.9 mi
- Foss Hill: 0.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 0.5 mi
- Staddle Hill: 1.1 mi
- Long Hill: 1.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 8.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 8.1 mi
- Ravine Park: 0.8 mi
- Brownstone Park: 1.0 mi
- Field Park: 1.1 mi
- Cromwell Meadows State Wildlife Area: 1.8 mi
- Highlawn Forest: 1.8 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 2.7 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 3.0 mi
- Westfield Falls: 3.3 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Glen Falls: 5.2 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 0.8 mi
- 1954: 4.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.3 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.3 mi
- George Washington rock: 5.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 0.6 mi
- First Tear: 0.6 mi
- Face in Tree: 7.0 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 8.3 mi
- Home: 9.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 5.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 15.4 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 20.2 mi
- Circle Beach: 20.3 mi
- Crow Point: 10.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.7 mi
- Green Wall: 13.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 13.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Washington Street Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 262° | 272 m | 4.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NE 51° | 265 m | 7.7 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 70° | 241 m | 7.2 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ENE 59° | 228 m | 6.7 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 75° | 222 m | 5.5 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | SW 235° | 219 m | 5.6 mi |
| Camels Hump | WSW 254° | 207 m | 4.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 41° | 206 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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, 10 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk23 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
- common mugwort20 obs
- Painted Turtle19 obs
- Channel Catfish19 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly19 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 obs
- Japanese knotweed17 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 node/359277896
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- East Windsor · 25 mi
- Old Lyme · 25 mi
- Willimantic · 25 mi
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