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City Hall Park

City Hall Park from directly overhead

City Hall Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.7 miles off.

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Coordinates41.17994, -73.19364

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 0.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Goosetown Park: 1.1 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Perry Memorial Archway: 1.2 mi
  • Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.4 mi
  • Pro Patria: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 1.8 mi
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 1.9 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Drew Park: 2.4 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Heron: 4.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 4.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.2 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of City Hall Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillN 2°200 m11.4 mi
Moose HillN 356°198 m10.6 mi
Israel HillN 4°192 m10.3 mi
Bugg HillN 352°189 m10.1 mi
Tashua HillNNW 332°179 m6.3 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 8°171 m8.8 mi
Round HillNW 317°170 m6.8 mi
Hirams HillNNW 336°167 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Diamondback Terrapin44 obs
  • Canada Goose38 obs
  • Monk Parakeet31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull21 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab20 obs
  • American Herring Gull18 obs
  • Osprey14 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/43399097

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