Diving Island
Diving Island is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Harbor Point Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 9.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harbor Point Beach: 0.3 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 1.7 mi
- Fords Beach: 2.4 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 3.4 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 4.3 mi
- Bruce Park: 0.8 mi
- Grass Island Park: 0.9 mi
- Bruce Park Playground: 1.2 mi
- Greenwich Point Park: 1.4 mi
- Roger Sherman Baldwin Park: 1.4 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 1.0 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 1.8 mi
- José Martí: 3.6 mi
- Stamford Cone: 3.8 mi
- Samford Sign: 4.0 mi
- Bruce Museum: 1.1 mi
- Bruce Museum: 1.3 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 1.9 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 4.0 mi
- Oneida Drive/Indian Harbor Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Greenwich Island: 1.2 mi
- Sachem Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Mianus Park: 2.4 mi
- Admiral Sir Gordon Ramsey Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Holly Grove: 1.5 mi
- South Lake Walk: 4.9 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 5.1 mi
- West Woodland Walk: 5.1 mi
- Water Lily Garden: 5.1 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 1.9 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Civil War Monument Park: 3.7 mi
- War Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 4.1 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 3.5 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 7.0 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 9.2 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 10.3 mi
- Palmer Hill: 3.9 mi
- South Ridge: 4.4 mi
- Christie Hill: 7.0 mi
- Webbs Hill: 7.2 mi
- Round Hill: 7.3 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
- The Meadow: 8.2 mi
- Upper Education Area: 11.0 mi
- Lower Education Area: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 15.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Raven's Rock: 12.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 7.7 mi
- The Falls: 15.2 mi
- Cascade: 17.6 mi
- Sheep Falls: 17.9 mi
- Cascade: 19.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 3.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 3.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 8.7 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 11.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.7 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 20.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 4.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Diving Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | N 351° | 229 m | 15.0 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 338° | 226 m | 14.3 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 321° | 219 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 314° | 216 m | 13.6 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NW 324° | 213 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | WNW 301° | 211 m | 12.9 mi |
| Becks Hill | NNE 16° | 208 m | 15.1 mi |
| Indian Hill | N 354° | 201 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 6 mi away.
- Great Egret57 obs
- Brant56 obs
- Osprey38 obs
- White-tailed Deer36 obs
- common mugwort32 obs
- Ring-billed Gull31 obs
- Northern Cardinal28 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab28 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43399773
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