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Edward Hunt Recreation Area

Edward Hunt Recreation Area from directly overhead

Edward Hunt Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerli Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.0 miles off.

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Coordinates41.06025, -73.51167

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
  • Weed Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Cummings Park Beach: 1.5 mi
  • West Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Commodore Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Woodway Beach Club: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 1.5 mi
  • Samford Sign: 1.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 1.8 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 5.5 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Statue of Columbus: 1.6 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 4.4 mi
  • 911 Arch: 5.5 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 5.7 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 5.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 48
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 4.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 13.2 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 13.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Cascade: 14.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Edward Hunt Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 329°229 m13.5 mi
Fox HillNNW 343°223 m13.9 mi
Becks HillN 358°208 m11.3 mi
Indian HillNNW 329°201 m11.6 mi
Pell HillNNW 344°192 m14.0 mi
Bald HillN 9°184 m10.8 mi
Reynolds HillWNW 283°180 m13.8 mi
Round HillWNW 290°172 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

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
  • Ring-billed Gull75 obs
  • American Herring Gull67 obs
  • Canada Goose65 obs
  • Common Gull57 obs
  • Bufflehead49 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • Mallard43 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser42 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/43399475

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