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UN Tree of Norwalk

UN Tree of Norwalk from directly overhead

UN Tree of Norwalk is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
The UN Tree, Dedicated by the City of Norwalk to the United Nations, October 25, 1958
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.10859, -73.41746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • William D. Peters Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mathews Park: 0.1 mi
  • Heritage Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 0.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Norwalk Harbor Walk: 0.5 mi
  • River Edge Park: 0.6 mi
  • North Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • Betts Brook Park: 1.3 mi
  • San Vincenzo Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 7.2 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.3 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 3.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 3.3 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.1 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.5 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 6.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW 327°208 m9.5 mi
Nod HillN 349°199 m10.7 mi
Nod HIllN 349°197 m10.7 mi
Gilbert HillN 359°186 m10.7 mi
Bald HillNNW 337°184 m7.9 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 339°171 m8.9 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 341°164 m7.1 mi
Powells HillNNE 27°159 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12259607068

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