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Wilcox Park

Wilcox Park from directly overhead

Wilcox Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Berlin (Chestnut Lane), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.61513, -72.71856

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pistol Creek: 1.2 mi
  • Sage Park: 1.5 mi
  • Worthington Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Community Grounds & Centurelli Field: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
Gardens
Waterfalls
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks: 52
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 14
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Wilcox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakWSW 241°301 m7.4 mi
East PeakWSW 237°277 m7.3 mi
Higby MountainSSW 195°272 m4.6 mi
Rattlesnake MountainNW 316°229 m8.2 mi
South MountainSW 233°220 m6.8 mi
Beseck MountainSSW 191°219 m7.2 mi
Ragged MountainW 272°217 m5.3 mi
Camels HumpSSW 193°207 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

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, 9 mi away.

  • Monarch10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
  • wild geranium9 obs
  • staghorn sumac9 obs
  • Painted Turtle8 obs
  • garlic mustard8 obs
  • great mullein8 obs
  • autumn olive8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43437068

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