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High Park

High Park from directly overhead

High Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is YMCA Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
26 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18820, -73.14807

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 56
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 3.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Windmill: 3.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 3.8 mi
  • Heron: 4.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 6.3 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.9 mi
  • Pond View: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of High Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillN 350°200 m10.9 mi
Moose HillNNW 343°198 m10.4 mi
Israel HillN 350°192 m9.9 mi
Bugg HillNNW 339°189 m10.1 mi
Upper White HillsN 357°188 m11.1 mi
Tashua HillNW 313°179 m7.3 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 352°171 m8.2 mi
Round HillWNW 302°170 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron48 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin42 obs
  • American Coot31 obs
  • Gadwall31 obs
  • Monarch29 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull27 obs
  • Green-winged Teal26 obs
  • Osprey26 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/1022049552

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