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Baker Park

Baker Park from directly overhead

Baker Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Darien Arts Center, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.

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Coordinates41.06563, -73.49032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Stony Brook Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gus Edson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kulze Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Hart Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Sammis Street Open Space: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 2.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 2.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.7 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Statue of Columbus: 2.8 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 3.9 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 4.6 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 5.6 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 30
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 5.0 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 13.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade: 12.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Cascade: 13.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 14.3 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Baker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNW 324°229 m13.8 mi
Becks HillN 353°208 m11.0 mi
Indian HillNW 324°201 m11.9 mi
Nod HillN 7°199 m13.6 mi
Nod HIllN 8°197 m13.6 mi
Bald HillN 4°184 m10.3 mi
Round HillWNW 285°172 m9.9 mi
Upper Bald HillN 3°171 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-billed Gull56 obs
  • American Herring Gull56 obs
  • Bufflehead45 obs
  • Canada Goose45 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • Great Egret37 obs
  • Hooded Merganser36 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser35 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/43399889

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