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Glenwood Park

Glenwood Park from directly overhead

Glenwood Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Svihra Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.20541, -73.18848

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 2.4 mi
  • Wooster Park: 2.5 mi
  • Drew Park: 2.9 mi
Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.5 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.5 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Heron: 2.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 4.1 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.5 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 5.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.5 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 0.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.0 mi
  • Pond View: 8.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Glenwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillN 1°200 m9.6 mi
Moose HillN 354°198 m8.8 mi
Israel HillN 3°192 m8.5 mi
Bugg HillN 349°189 m8.4 mi
Upper White HillsN 9°188 m10.0 mi
Bagburn HillN 358°186 m10.7 mi
Tashua HillNW 320°179 m5.0 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 8°171 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin34 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
  • Canada Goose29 obs
  • House Sparrow29 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage28 obs
  • common mugwort25 obs
  • garlic mustard24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel23 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/43399699

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