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Lafayette Park

Lafayette Park from directly overhead

Lafayette Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Meekers Hill stands 203 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is BJ Brown Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.

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Coordinates41.18504, -73.19982

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • BJ Brown Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • McGovern Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Hall Park: 0.5 mi
  • Alice Street Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Baldwin Plaza: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.0 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 1.8 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 1.9 mi
  • Drew Park: 2.1 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Cascades: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Heron: 4.2 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 4.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 9.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.8 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meekers HillNW 319°203 m11.4 mi
Barn HillN 4°200 m11.0 mi
Moose HillN 358°198 m10.2 mi
Israel HillN 6°192 m10.0 mi
Bugg HillN 354°189 m9.7 mi
Tashua HillNNW 333°179 m5.8 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 11°171 m8.5 mi
Round HillNW 317°170 m6.3 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 solstice07:1615:4316:28

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose40 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin38 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly33 obs
  • Monk Parakeet31 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull21 obs
  • American Robin21 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab18 obs
  • American Herring Gull18 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/43398558

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