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Yost Street Open Space

Yost Street Open Space from directly overhead

Yost Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodward Avenue Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Norwalk Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.08165, -73.41451

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodward Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Village Creek Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Springwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • John H. Ryan Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bouton Street Park: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
  • Meadow Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hoyts Island: 0.6 mi
  • San Vincenzo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Biersdorf, Inc. Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Long Beach Island: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 1.1 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 1.4 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 1.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 8.0 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 6.8 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.0 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.1 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 10.8 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 1.7 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 3.6 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 3.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 7.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 11.6 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Yost Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW 331°208 m11.2 mi
Nod HillN 350°199 m12.6 mi
Nod HIllN 350°197 m12.6 mi
Bald HillNNW 340°184 m9.7 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 342°171 m10.7 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 344°164 m9.0 mi
Powells HillNNE 22°159 m11.5 mi
Staples HillNNE 30°144 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399142

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