- Elevation, modelled
- 53 m
- Tallest summit within 10.1 miles
- Redding Ridge214 m · 10.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway1.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.1929, -73.2522
Highwood Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled 53 m. Redding Ridge stands 214 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Burroughs Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Highwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redding Ridge | NNW 329° | 214 m | 10.1 mi |
| Goodsell Hill | WNW 301° | 211 m | 9.8 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 305° | 204 m | 9.7 mi |
| Meekers Hill | NNW 330° | 203 m | 9.3 mi |
| Moose Hill | NNE 14° | 198 m | 9.9 mi |
| Israel Hill | NNE 22° | 192 m | 10.1 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 11° | 189 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | WNW 299° | 186 m | 10.0 mi |
- 1.1 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
- 27.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Burroughs Park: 0.6 mi
- Park Square: 0.7 mi
- Melville Playground: 0.7 mi
- Owen Fish Park: 0.8 mi
- Knapps Green: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Samp Mortar Rock: 0.6 mi
- Drew Park: 0.8 mi
- Mountain Laurel Park Open Space Area: 1.0 mi
- Trillium Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Old Fording Place: 1.1 mi
Beaches
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 0.7 mi
- Seaside Beach: 3.5 mi
- Money Beach: 3.6 mi
- Jennings Beach: 3.6 mi
- Penfield Beach: 4.1 mi
Gardens
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.8 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.6 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 7.9 mi
Peaks
- Tunxis Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pavement Hill: 1.8 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Osborne Hill: 2.0 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
- Tree Stump Monument: 1.4 mi
- Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 2.0 mi
- Pro Patria: 2.1 mi
- Goosetown Park: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 2.2 mi
Museums
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 1.8 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 3.3 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 3.4 mi
- Barnum Museum: 3.5 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 3.6 mi
Artworks: 31
- Heron: 5.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 7.9 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 26
- Devil's Glen Falls: 6.0 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Cascades: 9.0 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 18
- Burr Homestead: 3.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.7 mi
- Earthplace: 7.4 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.3 mi
- Weir House: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 8.5 mi
- Pond View: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Old Raven Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 17.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 18.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Tongue Point Light: 4.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 8.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 8.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 4.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 17.3 mi
Springs: 2
- The Silver Spring: 13.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.
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