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Deer Park

Deer Park from directly overhead

Deer Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 80 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lambert Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
80 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.17093, -73.47290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.3 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 3.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • 911 Arch: 4.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 7.9 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 8.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 9.2 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Earthplace: 5.1 mi
  • Weir House: 6.0 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 6.6 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 7.2 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 5.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 4.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Deer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 1°234 m7.8 mi
Prospect HillN 353°228 m7.7 mi
Branchville HillN 3°225 m6.5 mi
Biddle HillN 360°223 m6.8 mi
Fox HillNW 313°223 m8.3 mi
Windy HillNNE 17°220 m8.5 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 25°211 m7.2 mi
Becks HillNNW 327°208 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen21 obs
  • Canada mayflower19 obs
  • winged euonymus19 obs
  • american witch-hazel18 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush18 obs
  • Japanese barberry18 obs
  • American wintergreen18 obs
  • Japanese stiltgrass15 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 node/359285700

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