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Beardsley Park

Beardsley Park from directly overhead

Beardsley Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.

Zoological & Botanical Gardens

How to reach it

Coordinates41.21297, -73.18147

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Veterans Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wooster Park: 2.0 mi
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 2.7 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 2.8 mi
  • Merritt Industrial Park Greenbelt: 2.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.0 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 32
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Cascade: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Heron: 2.2 mi
  • Mother Mary: 3.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.0 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.7 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 6.1 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Pond View: 7.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Beardsley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillN 359°200 m9.1 mi
Moose HillN 351°198 m8.4 mi
Israel HillN 0°192 m8.0 mi
Bugg HillNNW 346°189 m7.9 mi
Upper White HillsN 7°188 m9.5 mi
Bagburn HillN 356°186 m10.2 mi
Tashua HillNW 313°179 m4.8 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 5°171 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:28

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, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 obs
  • House Sparrow29 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage29 obs
  • Canada Goose28 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • garlic mustard25 obs
  • ribwort plantain22 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/43399091

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