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Kiwanis Park

Kiwanis Park from directly overhead

Kiwanis Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Prospect Hill stands 228 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoyts Swamp, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.

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Coordinates41.13571, -73.47598

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 1.2 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 3.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 3.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 3.9 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 6.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 6.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.0 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.2 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.0 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 5.3 mi
  • Weir House: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 3.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Farms Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Kiwanis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillN 355°228 m10.1 mi
Branchville HillN 3°225 m9.0 mi
Biddle HillN 1°223 m9.3 mi
Fox HillNW 323°223 m10.0 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 19°211 m9.5 mi
Becks HillNNW 340°208 m6.4 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 21°204 m10.2 mi
Indian HillWNW 302°201 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Frog85 obs
  • common mugwort54 obs
  • American Bullfrog45 obs
  • white snakeroot43 obs
  • Pickerel Frog40 obs
  • White-tailed Deer39 obs
  • garlic mustard39 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel38 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/43398166

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