Park · Connecticut
Breen Field
Breen Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 59 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.48574, -73.05317
- 16.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Breen Field: 0.1 mi
- Town Green: 0.4 mi
- Indian Rock Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Lewis Park: 0.4 mi
- Momument (Meadow Street): 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Soldiers' Monument: 0.4 mi
- Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 4.8 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.9 mi
Peaks
- Indian Rock: 0.4 mi
- City Hill: 1.0 mi
- Huntington Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mulberry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Andrews Hill: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 0.7 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 5.0 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 6.5 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Van Epps Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Mendell's Folly Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Raudis Farm: 3.1 mi
- Fodder's Folly: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 58
- Spruce Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 57
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.0 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.6 mi
- Waterfront: 10.2 mi
- Boating Side: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 50
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Poet's Circle: 4.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Biblical Garden: 4.5 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 43
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.0 mi
- Millstone: 6.1 mi
- Millstone: 6.2 mi
- Rock House: 10.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 25
- Greetings from Waterbury: 4.6 mi
- Maori Head: 4.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.8 mi
- Ben Franklin: 4.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Bethel Rock: 8.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.1 mi
- Ravens Roost: 16.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
- Pond View: 15.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Southington Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Tongue Point Light: 23.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Cold Spring: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Breen Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NW 308° | 292 m | 5.4 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | WNW 303° | 282 m | 7.1 mi |
| Andrews Hill | W 266° | 275 m | 1.9 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | W 274° | 273 m | 3.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 48° | 263 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ESE 107° | 263 m | 5.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 73° | 260 m | 4.0 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | E 87° | 259 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 10 mi away.
- Coral Hairstreak15 obs
- multiflora rose10 obs
- winged euonymus10 obs
- Red Fox9 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle9 obs
- Japanese barberry9 obs
- Edwards' Hairstreak9 obs
- Mallard8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/174819042
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