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Far Mill River Park

Far Mill River Park from directly overhead

Far Mill River Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmill River Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.

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Coordinates41.26251, -73.10424

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pearl Bach Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Rock Parks: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Rock Parks: 0.4 mi
  • Pine Rock Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tall Farm Open Space: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
  • Americana Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 3.2 mi
  • Eells-Stow House: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • World War II: 3.7 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 3.8 mi
  • The Vine Sign: 3.9 mi
  • Liberty Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Witek Memorial: 4.2 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 54
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 1.9 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 3.0 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Farmill River Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Cascades: 1.4 mi
  • Cascade: 2.3 mi
  • Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 25
Attractions: 20
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.6 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.0 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 11.3 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Pond View: 7.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 3.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 3.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Far Mill River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 355°231 m9.7 mi
Great HillN 355°202 m7.0 mi
Barn HillNW 323°200 m7.0 mi
Moose HillNW 312°198 m7.2 mi
Israel HillNW 319°192 m6.0 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW 348°192 m8.7 mi
Round HillNNE 31°190 m10.1 mi
Bugg HillNW 306°189 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • Red Fox20 obs
  • Northern Cardinal18 obs
  • Wood Frog16 obs
  • Green Frog15 obs
  • Barred Owl14 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
  • Spring Peeper12 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/43398864

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