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Cherry Lawn Park

Cherry Lawn Park from directly overhead

Cherry Lawn Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tilley Pond Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.

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Coordinates41.09109, -73.46545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Getner Farms: 1.0 mi
  • Magrath Park: 1.2 mi
  • Devils Garden Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Stony Brook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Biersdorf, Inc. Open Space: 2.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 2.5 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 2.7 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 2.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.6 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 5.3 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 4.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 4.8 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.6 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 1.4 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 2.0 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 2.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.9 mi
  • Weir House: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 4.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Farms Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade: 10.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 2.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 2.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Cherry Lawn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillN 360°225 m12.0 mi
Becks HillNNW 343°208 m9.5 mi
Indian HillNW 313°201 m11.5 mi
Nod HillN 2°199 m11.7 mi
Nod HIllN 2°197 m11.7 mi
Gilbert HillNNE 11°186 m12.1 mi
Bald HillN 356°184 m8.5 mi
Round HillW 275°172 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
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
  • garlic mustard59 obs
  • red deadnettle40 obs
  • lesser celandine37 obs
  • American Robin31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly30 obs
  • Stringy Stonecrop29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer28 obs
  • ground-ivy25 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/43398495

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