Willow Brook Park
Willow Brook Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hungerford Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of New Britain
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hungerford Park: 0.4 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Newton Street): 0.5 mi
- Treasure Field: 0.8 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Warner Road): 1.7 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Bruce Avenue): 1.7 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 0.5 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- New Britain Industrial Museum: 1.3 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 1.3 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 4.0 mi
- Martha Hart Park: 0.7 mi
- Franklin Square Park: 0.8 mi
- Griswold Park: 0.9 mi
- Skinner Park: 1.0 mi
- Walnut Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- World War I Monument: 1.1 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 1.2 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 1.9 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 2.0 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 1.8 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 4.0 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.8 mi
- Dividend Falls: 7.5 mi
- Cascades: 7.8 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.4 mi
- Osgood Hill: 2.5 mi
- Wolf Pit Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hospital Rock: 3.8 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 4.4 mi
- 1954: 7.1 mi
- Constitution Oak: 7.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 8.2 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- Home: 1.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 3.7 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 7.9 mi
- First Tear: 8.4 mi
- Sedna: 9.3 mi
- Green Wall: 4.5 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 4.5 mi
- South Wall: 8.1 mi
- Solar Panel: 8.1 mi
- Superstructure: 8.2 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 9.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.2 mi
- Boating Side: 13.6 mi
- Waterfront: 13.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 22.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Willow Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | W 270° | 313 m | 8.7 mi |
| West Peak | SSW 209° | 301 m | 6.9 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | W 262° | 290 m | 8.4 mi |
| Southington Mountain | WSW 248° | 281 m | 9.4 mi |
| East Peak | SSW 205° | 277 m | 7.1 mi |
| Higby Mountain | SSE 164° | 272 m | 7.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 273° | 251 m | 8.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NW 323° | 229 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.
- winged euonymus38 obs
- common mugwort22 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
- American Robin18 obs
- Japanese barberry18 obs
- garlic mustard17 obs
- American Bullfrog16 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum15 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 way/43440609
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 22 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Tolland · 26 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
- Longmeadow · 29 mi
- Somers · 29 mi
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