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Greenwich Point Park

Greenwich Point Park from directly overhead

Greenwich Point Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of -0 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Holly Grove, a garden 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.

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Coordinates41.00580, -73.57577

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 0.2 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 6.3 mi
  • East Woodland Walk: 6.4 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 6.4 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Binney Park: 2.1 mi
  • Bruce Park: 2.1 mi
  • Island Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Binney Park - Hillside Annex: 2.2 mi
  • Binney Park - The Reading Room: 2.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • The Millenium Sundial: 2.3 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 2.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 3.7 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Palmer Hill: 4.1 mi
  • South Ridge: 5.6 mi
  • Christie Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 7.1 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 27
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 10.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 8.5 mi
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascade: 17.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Cascade: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Greenwich Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 347°229 m15.8 mi
Guard HillNNW 335°226 m15.2 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 319°219 m15.2 mi
Sarles HillNW 312°216 m14.9 mi
McKesson HillNW 321°213 m16.0 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 301°211 m14.2 mi
Becks HillNNE 11°208 m15.3 mi
Indian HillN 349°201 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brant52 obs
  • Great Egret38 obs
  • White-tailed Deer32 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab27 obs
  • Osprey27 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull26 obs
  • Bufflehead24 obs
  • jimsonweed22 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/43398248

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