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Wolcott Park

Wolcott Park from directly overhead

Wolcott Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolcott Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

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Coordinates41.72873, -72.75040
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Beachland Park: 1.1 mi
  • Eagle Lantern Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Starr Park: 1.3 mi
  • Glover Soccer Park: 1.5 mi
  • Buena Vista Recreational Complex: 1.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 7.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascades: 9.7 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 10.4 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 55
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 3.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 3.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 12
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Wolcott Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 337°276 m6.3 mi
Taine MountainWNW 286°268 m8.9 mi
Wildcat MountainW 279°262 m9.8 mi
Castle RockWSW 242°251 m10.8 mi
Ely MoundNNW 328°246 m5.1 mi
Mount HorrNW 314°238 m10.3 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 245°229 m4.6 mi
Huckleberry HillNW 306°223 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin27 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • multiflora rose16 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk15 obs
  • Northern Cardinal15 obs
  • Common Grackle15 obs
  • House Sparrow15 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird13 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/43442259

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