Smith Park

Smith Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Smith Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Smith Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.56788, -72.71411. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Smith Park

• Higby Mountain · viewpoint · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Chauncey Peak · viewpoint · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Lamentation Mountain · viewpoint · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Lamentation Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church · church · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Pameacha Pond Dam · lake · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Beseck Lake · lake · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• Worthington Ridge Historic District · fort · Capitol Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• Beseck Mountain · viewpoint · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cathole Mountain · viewpoint · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mattabesett Trail · trek · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~10 km · Must-see
• Saint Stanislaus Church · church · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~10 km · Must-see
• River Highlands State Park · sanctuary · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• South Mountain · viewpoint · Capitol Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Short Mountain · viewpoint · Capitol Planning Region · ~12 km · Must-see
• East Peak · viewpoint · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~13 km · Must-see
• Ragged Mountain · viewpoint · Capitol Planning Region · ~13 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur State Park · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Smith Park

Other parks near Smith Park

• National Iwo Jima Memorial Park · park · Capitol Planning Region · ~19 km · Must-see
• Wharton Brook State Park · park · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~23 km · Must-see
• Haddam Meadows State Park · park · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~25 km · Must-see
• Colt Park · park · Capitol Planning Region · ~26 km · Must-see
• Pope Park · park · Capitol Planning Region · ~27 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Park · park · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~30 km · Must-see
• Westmoor Park · park · Capitol Planning Region · ~30 km · Must-see
• Eagle Landing State Park · park · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~31 km · Must-see
• Wickham Park · park · Capitol Planning Region · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lewis Fulton Memorial Park · park · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~34 km · Must-see

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