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Mianus River State Park

Mianus River State Park from directly overhead

Mianus River State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Stamford, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
49 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07886, -73.58306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Stamford: 0.5 mi
  • The Hycliff Club: 1.7 mi
  • Sergt. Vincent M. Horan Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sergt. Vincent M. Horan Park: 1.9 mi
  • Scalzi Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Samford Sign: 2.8 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 2.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 3.3 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Pollarded Tree Collection: 4.1 mi
  • Fern Allee: 4.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 54
Picnic sites: 24
  • The Meadow: 3.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 13.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 15.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.7 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Mianus River State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 342°229 m10.8 mi
Guard HillNW 325°226 m10.7 mi
Fox HillN 358°223 m12.0 mi
Chappaqua HillWNW 303°219 m11.6 mi
Sarles HillWNW 295°216 m11.7 mi
McKesson HillNW 308°213 m12.1 mi
Buttermilk HillW 280°211 m12.1 mi
Becks HillNNE 19°208 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:30

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Christmas fern39 obs
  • mountain laurel38 obs
  • American beech33 obs
  • American wintergreen33 obs
  • Common Garter Snake32 obs
  • wineberry31 obs
  • Wood Frog27 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/696989334

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