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Low Park

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Low Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is George Force Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.17763, -73.13202

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.8 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascades: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.2 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
  • Heron: 5.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.1 mi
  • An American Dream: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 6.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.1 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
  • Pond View: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillNNW 347°200 m11.8 mi
Moose HillNNW 340°198 m11.4 mi
Israel HillNNW 346°192 m10.7 mi
Bugg HillNNW 336°189 m11.1 mi
Upper White HillsN 354°188 m11.9 mi
Tashua HillNW 313°179 m8.4 mi
Walnut Tree HillNNW 348°171 m9.1 mi
Round HillWNW 303°170 m9.4 mi

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, 1 mi away.

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron192 obs
  • American Oystercatcher181 obs
  • Osprey150 obs
  • American Herring Gull128 obs
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper114 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab114 obs
  • Purple Martin99 obs
  • American Black Duck93 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/1022049553

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