Wilson Playground
Wilson Playground is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurley Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurley Hill: 0.5 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.6 mi
- West Hill: 1.8 mi
- Campground Hill: 2.0 mi
- Casey Field: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 0.8 mi
- Page Park: 0.8 mi
- Peck Park: 1.3 mi
- Brackett Park: 1.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Centers: 0.8 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Brook Street): 0.8 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Malone Pond): 1.0 mi
- Shangri-La Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Northwest Park: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 1.1 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 1.1 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 1.2 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 1.5 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 2.1 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 2.2 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 4.4 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 4.4 mi
- plinth: 4.5 mi
- Cascades: 2.2 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 4.1 mi
- Whigville Falls: 4.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.0 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Libby's Lump: 3.4 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 4.4 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 4.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 4.8 mi
- Hospital Rock: 5.0 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 11.1 mi
- Home: 7.1 mi
- Maori Head: 10.3 mi
- Ben Franklin: 10.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 10.5 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 10.6 mi
- Green Wall: 4.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 4.8 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Ravens Roost: 5.0 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Boating Side: 6.9 mi
- Waterfront: 6.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 14.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.5 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 25.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Wilson Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NW 325° | 354 m | 6.7 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 219° | 313 m | 2.3 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 214° | 312 m | 4.3 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 230° | 303 m | 6.0 mi |
| West Peak | SSE 153° | 301 m | 8.7 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | NNW 338° | 300 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | NW 316° | 297 m | 3.9 mi |
| Becar Hill | SW 224° | 297 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.
- Canada Goose27 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
- American Robin24 obs
- Mallard19 obs
- Mourning Dove15 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk15 obs
- European Starling12 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk12 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/442356809
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 25 mi
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