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Earthplace

Earthplace from directly overhead

Earthplace is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mid Fairfield Youth Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.

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About

The story

Non-Profit Organization in the USA

Dates from 1958.

Wikidata Q5327248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.14747, -73.38055

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
  • Stony Brook Road Property: 0.2 mi
  • Stonecrop Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Newtown Turnpike Property: 0.9 mi
  • Field Street Nature Area: 1.2 mi
  • Knowalot Lane Open Space: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Canal Green: 0.9 mi
  • St. John Place/Myrtle Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • St. John/Myrtle Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • Eloise A. Ray Park: 1.1 mi
  • Jesup Green: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Haskins House: 1.8 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 1.8 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.5 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 59
  • Dancing Girl: 10.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 10.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 10.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.4 mi
  • Heron: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 6.7 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 7.8 mi
  • Weir House: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 7.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Earthplace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNNW 348°211 m8.4 mi
Nod HillNNW 333°199 m8.8 mi
Nod HIllNNW 333°197 m8.7 mi
Gilbert HillNNW 346°186 m8.3 mi
Bald HillNW 312°184 m6.8 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 318°171 m7.6 mi
Round HillNE 35°170 m8.8 mi
Comstock KnollNW 314°164 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3539657604

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