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Fairchild Park

Fairchild Park from directly overhead

Fairchild Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Huntington Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates41.47731, -73.06177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Foley Stadium: 0.7 mi
  • Breen Field: 0.7 mi
  • Indian Rock Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Breen Field: 0.7 mi
  • Cotton Hollow Field: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Fountain: 1.0 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 5.1 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 5.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Van Epps Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Beacon Falls Open Space: 2.7 mi
  • Mendell's Folly Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Fodder's Folly: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Mattatuck Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 10.8 mi
  • Boating Side: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 50
Attractions: 41
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.5 mi
  • Millstone: 5.5 mi
  • Millstone: 5.6 mi
  • Rock House: 11.3 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 24
Cliffs: 19
  • Bethel Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 9.9 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.6 mi
  • Forbes Bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Pond View: 14.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Fairchild Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNW 315°292 m5.5 mi
Blackmans HillNW 308°282 m7.1 mi
Andrews HillWNW 287°275 m1.6 mi
Woodruff HillWNW 285°273 m3.3 mi
Turkey HillNE 46°263 m4.5 mi
Mount SanfordE 100°263 m5.9 mi
Prospect HillENE 68°260 m4.6 mi
Hopkins HillENE 76°259 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • pink lady's slipper21 obs
  • partridgeberry19 obs
  • mountain laurel16 obs
  • bear oak14 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs
  • striped wintergreen12 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry11 obs
  • Canada mayflower11 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/43437434

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