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Stony Brook Park

Stony Brook Park from directly overhead

Stony Brook Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07301, -73.48181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Gus Edson Park: 1.6 mi
  • Getner Farms: 2.2 mi
  • Kulze Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Hart Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Devils Garden Open Space: 2.4 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 3.3 mi
  • Samford Sign: 3.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.6 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 7.3 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 3.4 mi
  • Statue of Columbus: 3.4 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 4.0 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.4 mi
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 5.5 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Fern Allee: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • The Meadow: 4.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.0 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cascade: 12.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Stony Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillN 350°208 m10.5 mi
Indian HillNW 321°201 m11.8 mi
Nod HillN 6°199 m13.0 mi
Nod HIllN 6°197 m13.0 mi
Bald HillN 1°184 m9.7 mi
Round HillWNW 282°172 m10.2 mi
Upper Bald HillN 1°171 m10.8 mi
Cooney HillW 278°170 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/544653545

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