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Old Mine Park

Old Mine Park from directly overhead

Old Mine Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Dynamite Storage Tunnel, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.9 miles off.

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Coordinates41.28854, -73.22711

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Long Hill Green: 0.7 mi
  • Indian Ledge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Tashua Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • William E. Wolfe Park: 1.9 mi
  • Pond View Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 5.5 mi
  • The Castle: 6.4 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 6.4 mi
Gardens
  • Eklund Garden: 5.6 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.1 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 8.1 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 37
Artworks: 23
  • Mother Mary: 3.7 mi
  • Heron: 3.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 7.0 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 0.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 10.2 mi
  • Millstone: 12.1 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 1.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 1.9 mi
  • Pond View: 2.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Old Mine Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNW 312°303 m7.7 mi
Sunset HillWNW 296°253 m7.8 mi
Eden HillNW 304°240 m5.5 mi
Redding RidgeWNW 287°214 m6.8 mi
Codfish HillNW 307°213 m9.0 mi
Osborn HillN 5°206 m7.6 mi
Huckleberry HillW 264°204 m9.3 mi
Meekers HillWNW 284°203 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • American pokeweed15 obs
  • Monarch15 obs
  • Canada Goose12 obs
  • winged euonymus12 obs
  • Wood Frog11 obs
  • multiflora rose11 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit9 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/43435458

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