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Allens Meadows Park

Allens Meadows Park from directly overhead

Allens Meadows Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. West Mountain stands 285 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Loaf Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
74 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.22176, -73.43401

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Wren Thicket Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Gregg Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Mather Street Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Lovers Lane Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Quail Ridge Open Space: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 5.3 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 5.3 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Fairy Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 38
  • Annunaki: 7.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.4 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 12.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Weir House: 2.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 5.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.8 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 10.4 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 1.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 12
  • Pell Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 7.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 7.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Allens Meadows Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West MountainNW 320°285 m7.5 mi
Ivy HillNNW 336°234 m4.7 mi
Prospect HillNW 324°228 m5.1 mi
Branchville HillNNW 331°225 m3.4 mi
Biddle HillNNW 328°223 m3.9 mi
Picketts RidgeN 352°221 m7.2 mi
Windy HillN 7°220 m4.6 mi
Cains HillNNW 342°213 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard43 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee35 obs
  • common mugwort34 obs
  • winged euonymus31 obs
  • Gray Treefrog30 obs
  • wineberry29 obs
  • American Toad28 obs
  • Japanese barberry25 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 node/359285179

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