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Johnson Oak Park

Johnson Oak Park from directly overhead

Johnson Oak Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is YMCA Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.0 miles off.

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Coordinates41.17893, -73.15934

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.5 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 31
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 8.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
  • Heron: 4.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 5.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 6.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.2 mi
  • Pond View: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
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: 17.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Johnson Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 347°198 m10.9 mi
Israel HillN 354°192 m10.4 mi
Bugg HillNNW 343°189 m10.5 mi
Tashua HillNW 320°179 m7.3 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 357°171 m8.8 mi
Round HillNW 308°170 m8.2 mi
Hirams HillNNW 327°167 m9.8 mi
Booth HillN 349°160 m7.1 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 solstice07:1515:4316:28

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Diamondback Terrapin52 obs
  • Osprey50 obs
  • American Herring Gull48 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron42 obs
  • Gadwall35 obs
  • Monarch34 obs
  • American Coot31 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull31 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/922920711

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