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Imperial Park

Imperial Park from directly overhead

Imperial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12954, -73.36345

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 0.2 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Compo Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Pasacreta Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Grace Salmon Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Eloise A. Ray Park: 0.5 mi
  • Saugatuck River Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Haskins House: 0.5 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 0.6 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 0.6 mi
  • Minuteman Statue: 1.3 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Dancing Girl: 10.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 10.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 10.9 mi
  • Heron: 12.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Earthplace: 1.5 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 5.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 5.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Imperial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNNW 344°211 m9.8 mi
Gilbert HillNNW 343°186 m9.7 mi
Bald HillNW 315°184 m8.3 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 319°171 m9.2 mi
Round HillNNE 26°170 m9.4 mi
Comstock KnollNW 316°164 m7.4 mi
Powells HillNNE 12°159 m7.5 mi
Sport HillNNE 33°154 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4416:29

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch203 obs
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth144 obs
  • Elegant Grass-veneer102 obs
  • White-tailed Deer97 obs
  • Armyworm Moth84 obs
  • Bicolored Sallow82 obs
  • Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth80 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper73 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 node/359286156

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