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Wickham Park

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Wickham Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wickham Park Irish Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78704, -72.57562

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wickham Park Aviary: 0.2 mi
  • Bernie Daley Memorial Field: 1.5 mi
  • Dwyer Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Square: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 2.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.8 mi
  • Keney Tower: 5.3 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 6.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.2 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 8.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 58
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Crow Point: 5.9 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 11.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 11.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Wickham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillENE 56°294 m11.7 mi
Grant HillENE 78°284 m9.9 mi
Talcott MountainW 279°276 m11.6 mi
Reed HillENE 66°275 m9.8 mi
MannantuckSE 136°273 m7.6 mi
John Tom HillSE 135°272 m7.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 171°265 m11.0 mi
Box HillE 80°252 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

  • Song Sparrow19 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk18 obs
  • garlic mustard15 obs
  • Asian bittersweet15 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • prickly cucumber14 obs
  • sensitive fern14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/951848035

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