Cove Island Park
Cove Island Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Weed Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Weed Beach: 0.5 mi
- Commodore Beach: 0.8 mi
- Cummings Park Beach: 1.0 mi
- West Beach: 1.2 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 1.6 mi
- Weed Beach Park: 0.5 mi
- Weed Circle Park: 0.6 mi
- Gerli Park: 1.0 mi
- Edward Hunt Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Noroton Presbyterian Park: 1.2 mi
- Gus Edson Park: 0.7 mi
- Stony Brook Park: 2.1 mi
- Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Rosa Hartman Park: 3.2 mi
- Laddin's Rock Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Connecticut Graphis Arts Center and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 2.3 mi
- The Mather Homestead: 4.8 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- SONO Switch Tower Museum: 5.7 mi
- Dancing Girl: 2.0 mi
- Stamford Cone: 2.1 mi
- Samford Sign: 2.2 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 5.9 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 6.1 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 2.1 mi
- Jordan's Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Waveny Mansion: 5.2 mi
- Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 5.9 mi
- War Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Christie Hill: 2.7 mi
- Palmer Hill: 3.6 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 5.2 mi
- Golden Hill: 5.4 mi
- Webbs Hill: 5.9 mi
- Holly Grove: 4.8 mi
- Conifer Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wildflower garden: 6.5 mi
- Sensory Garden: 6.5 mi
- Cottage Garden: 6.6 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 1.7 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 3.6 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 8.9 mi
- Earthplace: 9.4 mi
- The Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- Upper Education Area: 12.2 mi
- Lower Education Area: 12.2 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 3.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 3.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 7.2 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 8.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 9.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.9 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 13.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 14.1 mi
- Cascade: 14.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 15.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.2 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Cuties Island: 0.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 19.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Cove Island Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | NNW 329° | 229 m | 14.6 mi |
| Becks Hill | N 356° | 208 m | 12.2 mi |
| Indian Hill | NNW 330° | 201 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | N 6° | 184 m | 11.6 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | WNW 286° | 180 m | 14.5 mi |
| Round Hill | WNW 294° | 172 m | 9.8 mi |
| Upper Bald Hill | N 5° | 171 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cooney Hill | WNW 288° | 170 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 6 mi away.
- Ring-billed Gull74 obs
- American Herring Gull66 obs
- Common Gull58 obs
- Bufflehead49 obs
- Canada Goose49 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser42 obs
- Hooded Merganser37 obs
- Brant34 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/9285573
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