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Chestnut Hill Park

Chestnut Hill Park from directly overhead

Chestnut Hill Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.4 miles off.

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Coordinates41.12502, -73.57041

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Pollarded Tree Collection: 1.0 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • 911 Arch: 1.1 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 4.2 mi
  • 1BCG: 4.6 mi
  • Statue of Columbus: 5.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Samford Sign: 5.2 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 5.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.5 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.5 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.5 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 42
Picnic sites: 15
  • The Meadow: 1.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.1 mi
  • Cascade: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Chestnut Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNE 25°234 m12.1 mi
Mount AspetongNNW 331°229 m8.1 mi
Prospect HillNNE 21°228 m11.6 mi
Guard HillNW 309°226 m8.8 mi
Branchville HillNNE 29°225 m11.1 mi
Fox HillN 353°223 m8.9 mi
Biddle HillNNE 27°223 m11.2 mi
Chappaqua HillWNW 287°219 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Nursery Web Spider137 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee121 obs
  • Fragile Forktail92 obs
  • Orchard Orbweaver92 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle85 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher50 obs
  • Small White42 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/43399256

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