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Binney Park

Binney Park from directly overhead

Binney Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Binney Park - Hillside Annex, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.03562, -73.57065

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Binney Park - Hillside Annex: 0.1 mi
  • Binney Park - The Reading Room: 0.2 mi
  • Hatch Field: 1.3 mi
  • John J. Boccuzzi Park: 1.3 mi
  • Friendship Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Stamford Cone: 1.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 2.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 2.2 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 2.2 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 6.3 mi
  • East Woodland Walk: 6.3 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 6.4 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 25
  • The Meadow: 6.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade: 15.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade: 17.1 mi
  • The Falls: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 7.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 7.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Binney Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 344°229 m13.8 mi
Guard HillNNW 330°226 m13.5 mi
Fox HillN 356°223 m15.0 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 312°219 m13.9 mi
Sarles HillNW 305°216 m13.8 mi
McKesson HillNW 315°213 m14.6 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 292°211 m13.5 mi
Becks HillNNE 12°208 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

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, 6 mi away.

  • Great Egret41 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly41 obs
  • Mallard35 obs
  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • Osprey31 obs
  • American Robin28 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle28 obs
  • garlic mustard20 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/43398091

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