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Long Brook Park

Long Brook Park from directly overhead

Long Brook Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bond's Dock, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18849, -73.12449

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bond's Dock: 0.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sterling Park: 0.4 mi
  • Low Park: 0.8 mi
  • George Force Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens: 58
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 3.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.0 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascades: 6.2 mi
  • Cascade: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Windmill: 3.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
  • Heron: 5.0 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.5 mi
  • An American Dream: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Burr Homestead: 7.4 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 8.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.5 mi
  • Pond View: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Long Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 2°202 m12.1 mi
Barn HillNNW 344°200 m11.2 mi
Moose HillNNW 337°198 m10.8 mi
Israel HillNNW 343°192 m10.1 mi
Bugg HillNNW 332°189 m10.6 mi
Upper White HillsN 351°188 m11.2 mi
Tashua HillNW 307°179 m8.2 mi
Walnut Tree HillNNW 344°171 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:29
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron183 obs
  • American Oystercatcher178 obs
  • Osprey123 obs
  • American Herring Gull122 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab109 obs
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper107 obs
  • Purple Martin99 obs
  • Song Sparrow88 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 node/359265547

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