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George T. Barrett Park

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George T. Barrett Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope Street Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.07566, -73.53239

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hope Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Homer Lee Wise Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Hill Aprtments Dog Park: 0.9 mi
  • Joseph L. Carpinelli Park: 1.0 mi
  • Scalzi Riverwalk: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Meadow Park Avenue Open Space: 1.5 mi
  • Finch Flood Plain: 1.6 mi
  • Meadow Park Avenue Open Space: 1.6 mi
  • Gus Edson Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 1.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 1.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 2.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 5.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Statue of Columbus: 1.6 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 3.9 mi
  • 911 Arch: 4.1 mi
  • 1BCG: 4.7 mi
Beaches
  • Cummings Park Beach: 2.6 mi
  • West Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Weed Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Commodore Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Woodway Beach Club: 3.4 mi
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.1 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 49
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 3.5 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of George T. Barrett Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 331°229 m12.0 mi
Guard HillNW 316°226 m12.5 mi
Fox HillNNW 346°223 m12.6 mi
Becks HillN 4°208 m10.2 mi
Indian HillNNW 332°201 m10.2 mi
Nod HillNNE 17°199 m13.4 mi
Nod HIllNNE 17°197 m13.4 mi
Pell HillNNW 348°192 m12.7 mi

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 solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly46 obs
  • Canada Goose35 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee33 obs
  • common mugwort30 obs
  • Monarch29 obs
  • Northern Cardinal27 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle26 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 way/43398791

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