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Cranbury Park

Cranbury Park from directly overhead

Cranbury Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Formal Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
65 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16361, -73.40304

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 7.0 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
  • Cranbury Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cranbury Park: 0.3 mi
  • Field Street Nature Area: 0.5 mi
  • Knowalot Lane Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Four Winds Farm: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Haskins House: 3.5 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 3.5 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 10.5 mi
  • Samford Sign: 10.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 10.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 1.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 7.0 mi
  • Weir House: 7.1 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 7.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cascade: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Cranbury Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillNNW 335°225 m7.8 mi
Goodsell HillN 355°211 m7.1 mi
Becks HillNW 305°208 m7.2 mi
Huckleberry HillN 359°204 m7.6 mi
Nod HillNNW 337°199 m7.3 mi
Nod HIllNNW 338°197 m7.2 mi
Gilbert HillN 353°186 m6.9 mi
Bald HillNW 312°184 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4416:29

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wild Turkey49 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee44 obs
  • Morrison's Sallow44 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • Monarch42 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly42 obs
  • wineberry38 obs
  • Common Garter Snake35 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/43398110

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