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Bruce Park

Bruce Park from directly overhead

Bruce Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Millenium Sundial, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.02253, -73.60901

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 2.2 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 4.3 mi
  • East Woodland Walk: 4.4 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 4.5 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites: 26
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
  • The Meadow: 7.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.8 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Northwest Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 9.1 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 9.7 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 7.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Cascade: 17.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Cascade: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Bruce Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 352°229 m14.3 mi
Guard HillNNW 339°226 m13.5 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 321°219 m13.2 mi
Sarles HillNW 313°216 m12.8 mi
McKesson HillNW 324°213 m14.0 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 300°211 m12.1 mi
Becks HillNNE 19°208 m14.7 mi
Indian HillN 356°201 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin53 obs
  • common mugwort30 obs
  • Great Egret26 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly26 obs
  • Mallard24 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43398043

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