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Indian Ledge Park

Indian Ledge Park from directly overhead

Indian Ledge Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Deer Run Drive), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.

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Coordinates41.27609, -73.21668

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Old Mill Green: 5.7 mi
  • White Oak: 5.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Eklund Garden: 5.3 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.2 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.2 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 35
Artworks: 23
  • Heron: 2.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 2.9 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.2 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 1.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.5 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 11.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 2.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Pond View: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Indian Ledge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNW 313°303 m8.7 mi
Sunset HillWNW 300°253 m8.6 mi
Eden HillNW 308°240 m6.4 mi
Redding RidgeWNW 292°214 m7.6 mi
Osborn HillN 1°206 m8.5 mi
Meekers HillWNW 290°203 m6.9 mi
Great HillNE 41°202 m8.0 mi
Barn HillNNE 19°200 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Monarch15 obs
  • garlic mustard14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage12 obs
  • winged euonymus12 obs
  • mountain laurel11 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit11 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/43435466

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