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Leonard J. Bradley Park

Leonard J. Bradley Park from directly overhead

Leonard J. Bradley Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 99 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Leornard Bradley Plaque, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
99 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.18226, -73.43376

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 0.2 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 5.1 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 9.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.2 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 10.5 mi
  • Samford Sign: 10.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 3.7 mi
  • Weir House: 5.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.3 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.8 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 4.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 7.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Leonard J. Bradley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 345°234 m7.3 mi
Prospect HillNNW 336°228 m7.5 mi
Branchville HillNNW 344°225 m6.0 mi
Biddle HillNNW 341°223 m6.4 mi
Windy HillN 4°220 m7.3 mi
Goodsell HillN 10°211 m5.9 mi
Becks HillWNW 303°208 m5.2 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 13°204 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • winged euonymus38 obs
  • American Toad35 obs
  • garlic mustard34 obs
  • wineberry32 obs
  • common mugwort30 obs
  • American pokeweed29 obs
  • Great Blue Heron25 obs
  • common jewelweed24 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/43398883

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