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Spring Pond Park

Spring Pond Park from directly overhead

Spring Pond Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is North End Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.23200, -73.12457

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Model Railroad Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Americana Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 2.6 mi
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 0.8 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.9 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Liberty Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • World War II: 3.5 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 3.7 mi
  • White Oak: 3.7 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 32
  • Farmill River Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Cascades: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Windmill: 0.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 0.8 mi
  • Mother Mary: 2.9 mi
  • Heron: 3.3 mi
  • An American Dream: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.4 mi
  • Pond View: 8.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Spring Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 3°202 m9.1 mi
Barn HillNNW 338°200 m8.4 mi
Moose HillNNW 329°198 m8.1 mi
Israel HillNNW 337°192 m7.3 mi
Rockhouse HillN 356°192 m10.6 mi
Bugg HillNW 322°189 m8.1 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 348°188 m8.3 mi
Bagburn HillNNW 338°186 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • Red Fox16 obs
  • Wood Frog16 obs
  • common mugwort14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Green Frog12 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/43398288

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