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Grassy Island

Grassy Island from directly overhead

Grassy Island is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Goose Island, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Norwalk
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07068, -73.38290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Beaches
Parks
  • Calf Pasture Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Shady Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Taylor Farm Park: 1.5 mi
  • Charles Creek Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ludlow Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Seymour Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Sasqua Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Golden Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Compo Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 3.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 8.5 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 8.3 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.4 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 8.5 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 12.2 mi
  • Heron Statue: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 9.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.3 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.3 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 15.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 2.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.2 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 5.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.3 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Cascade: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade: 12.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Grassy Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW 326°208 m12.7 mi
Bald HillNNW 334°184 m11.1 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 335°171 m12.0 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 336°164 m10.2 mi
Powells HillNNE 13°159 m11.7 mi
Flirt HillNNE 13°148 m13.0 mi
Staples HillNNE 21°144 m12.3 mi
Honey HillN 349°143 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab50 obs
  • Red Beard Sponge38 obs
  • Osprey30 obs
  • Atlantic Ribbed Mussel27 obs
  • Brant25 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin22 obs
  • American Herring Gull20 obs
  • European Green Crab19 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/43398015

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