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Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park from directly overhead

Elmwood Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is 9-11 Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates41.39113, -73.44875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 0.4 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 0.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Lions Club: 0.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Blind Brook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rogers Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rogers Park Memorial Field: 0.7 mi
  • Freedom Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 49
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 0.8 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 0.8 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 48
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.4 mi
  • South Beach: 5.9 mi
  • North Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.0 mi
  • Weir House: 9.2 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 9.8 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 17
  • greek letter pi: 1.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 2.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Elmwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNW 321°313 m5.1 mi
Pine MountainSW 216°304 m3.4 mi
Cranson PeakESE 109°303 m6.1 mi
Bailey MountainSW 224°299.314 m7.6 mi
Moses MountainSSW 202°296 m2.3 mi
Barlow MountainSSW 210°290 m5.2 mi
Thomas MountainSSW 194°286 m1.8 mi
West MountainSW 214°285 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Song Sparrow59 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird54 obs
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet45 obs
  • Mallard39 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird35 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow34 obs
  • American Robin34 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/167025624

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