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Aldrich Park & Field

Aldrich Park & Field from directly overhead

Aldrich Park & Field is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 173 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (East Farm Lane), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
173 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29929, -73.47041

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Martin Park Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Ridgefield Recreation Center: 1.3 mi
  • Governor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.6 mi
  • East Ridge Fields: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 57
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
  • South Beach: 12.2 mi
  • North Beach: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 3.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 18
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 6.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 3.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Aldrich Park & Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 346°304 m3.7 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 282°299.314 m4.3 mi
Moses MountainN 3°296 m4.2 mi
Barlow MountainNW 322°290 m2.4 mi
Thomas MountainN 9°286 m4.7 mi
West MountainW 277°285 m2.9 mi
Ned MountainNW 323°284 m4.2 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 313°283 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • autumn olive27 obs
  • red trillium21 obs
  • American Toad19 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • border privet16 obs
  • black cohosh15 obs
  • winged euonymus14 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle13 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/43435208

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