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Island Brook Park

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Island Brook Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Middlebrooks Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24180, -73.21644

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Old Mill Green: 3.6 mi
  • White Oak: 3.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.9 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.5 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 6.5 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Heron: 1.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 3.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.5 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.2 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 7.2 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.7 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Pond View: 5.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Island Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eden HillNW 321°240 m8.1 mi
Redding RidgeNW 306°214 m8.8 mi
Meekers HillNW 306°203 m8.1 mi
Great HillNNE 32°202 m9.9 mi
Barn HillNNE 13°200 m7.3 mi
Moose HillN 5°198 m6.3 mi
Israel HillNNE 17°192 m6.3 mi
Bugg HillN 359°189 m5.7 mi

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 solstice07:1615:4316:28

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, 7 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle61 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly53 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 obs
  • Western Honey Bee24 obs
  • Huron Skipper24 obs
  • Asian bittersweet21 obs
  • garlic mustard19 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43399744

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