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Addis Park

Addis Park from directly overhead

Addis Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
65 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.55537, -73.40635

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Clatter Valley Park: 0.9 mi
  • Willow Springs Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Harrybrooke Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ray Ramsey Park: 1.5 mi
  • Youngs Field: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 5.2 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 5.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 6.4 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 6.5 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.3 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Cascades: 10.7 mi
Museums: 39
Gardens: 25
  • Judea Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 9.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 12.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 22
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 14
Artworks: 12
  • Jean Widmark: 7.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Oak Grove: 18.7 mi
  • Pond View: 18.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Addis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillWNW 288°405 m7.3 mi
Bear HillN 3°390 m7.1 mi
Branch HillW 280°370 m6.5 mi
Seeley HillWNW 291°368 m7.5 mi
Turner MountainWNW 289°362 m6.1 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSW 235°358 m6.9 mi
Wanzer MountainWSW 249°346 m4.9 mi
Lower Church HillNNE 32°324 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Unequal Cellophane Bee52 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle38 obs
  • Skiff Moth29 obs
  • Smaller Parasa Moth25 obs
  • Rustic Borer25 obs
  • Spongy Moth22 obs
  • Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth22 obs
  • Gray-edged Snout18 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/43436508

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