Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwich Point Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenwich Point Park: 0.5 mi
- Binney Park: 1.6 mi
- Binney Park - Hillside Annex: 1.8 mi
- Bruce Park: 1.8 mi
- Binney Park - The Reading Room: 1.8 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 0.5 mi
- Harbor Point Beach: 0.9 mi
- Fords Beach: 1.4 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 3.3 mi
- West Beach: 3.3 mi
- Holly Grove: 0.6 mi
- South Lake Walk: 6.1 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 6.2 mi
- West Woodland Walk: 6.2 mi
- Water Lily Garden: 6.2 mi
- Diving Island: 1.2 mi
- Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park: 1.9 mi
- Sachem Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Laddin's Rock Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Rosa Hartman Park: 2.2 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Bruce Museum: 2.3 mi
- Bruce Museum: 2.4 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 3.3 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 2.1 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 2.5 mi
- Stamford Cone: 3.1 mi
- Samford Sign: 3.3 mi
- Dancing Girl: 3.4 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 2.8 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 3.4 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- 1BCG: 4.7 mi
- Civil War Monument Park: 4.8 mi
- Palmer Hill: 3.6 mi
- South Ridge: 5.5 mi
- Christie Hill: 6.3 mi
- Webbs Hill: 7.1 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.2 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 4.7 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 6.1 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 8.2 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 9.8 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
- The Meadow: 8.0 mi
- Upper Education Area: 10.5 mi
- Lower Education Area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 14.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Farms Falls: 8.0 mi
- The Falls: 16.2 mi
- Cascade: 17.2 mi
- Sheep Falls: 17.5 mi
- Cascade: 18.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 1.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 1.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 8.1 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 10.3 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 3.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 23.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Greenwich Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | NNW 347° | 229 m | 15.3 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 334° | 226 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 318° | 219 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 311° | 216 m | 14.5 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NW 320° | 213 m | 15.5 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | WNW 299° | 211 m | 13.9 mi |
| Becks Hill | NNE 12° | 208 m | 14.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | N 349° | 201 m | 13.5 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 | 06:42 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Brant52 obs
- Great Egret50 obs
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- Osprey33 obs
- Ring-billed Gull28 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab28 obs
- Bufflehead24 obs
- rugosa rose24 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/43399334
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