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Abraham Nichols Park

Abraham Nichols Park from directly overhead

Abraham Nichols Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Trumbull Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24506, -73.16010

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 0.1 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Americana Museum: 2.6 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 2.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.5 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.6 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 31
  • Cascades: 3.0 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Mother Mary: 1.2 mi
  • Heron: 1.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 2.6 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 4.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 8.6 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.0 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 2.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.3 mi
  • Pond View: 6.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Abraham Nichols Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eden HillNW 307°240 m10.0 mi
Great HillNNE 15°202 m8.5 mi
Barn HillN 349°200 m7.0 mi
Moose HillNNW 338°198 m6.5 mi
Israel HillN 350°192 m5.9 mi
Rockhouse HillN 7°192 m9.8 mi
Bugg HillNNW 331°189 m6.3 mi
Upper White HillsN 1°188 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

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, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • Wood Frog18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer17 obs
  • Red Fox16 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly15 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle14 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43399813

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