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Wolcott Green

Wolcott Green from directly overhead

Wolcott Green is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolcott Dog Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

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Coordinates41.60130, -72.97503
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Wolcott Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Little League Field: 1.9 mi
  • Forest Lane Property: 2.4 mi
  • Russell Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Garrigus Court Property: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascades: 3.8 mi
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Rochambeau Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.6 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 4.6 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 50
  • Maori Head: 4.6 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.9 mi
  • Home: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 4.3 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 8.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 8.2 mi
  • Green Wall: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 4.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Pond View: 23.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 24.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 19.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Wolcott Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNE 24°313 m3.6 mi
Lindsley HillNNE 18°312 m1.6 mi
Lattin HillNW 310°310 m9.0 mi
Clinton HillWNW 304°303 m2.1 mi
West PeakESE 112°301 m7.3 mi
Becar HillNNW 334°297 m1.5 mi
Mount HopeN 1°297 m7.9 mi
Pine HillNW 318°295 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada mayflower18 obs
  • azure bluet15 obs
  • mountain laurel14 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum14 obs
  • striped wintergreen14 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush13 obs
  • hay-scented fern13 obs
  • autumn olive13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/583190787

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