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Emmanuel Williamson Park

Emmanuel Williamson Park from directly overhead

Emmanuel Williamson Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Straits Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 30 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
90 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62787, -73.46846

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Jim Hulton: 0.6 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 2.3 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.8 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 6.7 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.5 mi
Parks
  • Emanuel Williamson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fireman's Field: 1.3 mi
  • Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sega Meadows Park: 2.1 mi
  • Little League Field: 3.2 mi
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 32
  • Cascades: 4.7 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Judea Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 17.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 11
  • Jean Widmark: 11.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 14.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 14.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 18.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Emmanuel Williamson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Preston HillNNW 336°442 m6.2 mi
Chapel Pond HillNNW 344°426 m6.4 mi
Observatory HillSW 234°405 m4.7 mi
Schaghticoke MountainNW 325°404 m4.9 mi
Bear HillENE 59°390 m4.1 mi
Branch HillSW 219°370 m5.0 mi
Seeley HillWSW 239°368 m4.5 mi
Segar MountainN 3°366 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 14 mi away.

  • Christmas fern12 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum10 obs
  • box elder9 obs
  • eastern hemlock9 obs
  • autumn olive9 obs
  • multiflora rose9 obs
  • common mugwort8 obs
  • sassafras8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359281257

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