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Martin Park Beach

Martin Park Beach from directly overhead

Martin Park Beach is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Knolls, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
153 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.31444, -73.46953

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.2 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.3 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.4 mi
  • Bennett's Pond State Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ridgefield Recreation Center: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 54
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
  • South Beach: 11.2 mi
  • North Beach: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Garden Of Ideas: 2.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 18
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.9 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Martin Park Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 340°304 m2.7 mi
Cranson PeakENE 64°303 m7.6 mi
Bailey MountainW 268°299.314 m4.2 mi
Moses MountainN 4°296 m3.2 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 299°290 m1.7 mi
Thomas MountainN 10°286 m3.6 mi
West MountainWSW 257°285 m3.0 mi
Ned MountainNW 312°284 m3.5 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 solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • red trillium20 obs
  • bloodroot17 obs
  • American wintergreen17 obs
  • Leopard Slug16 obs
  • American Toad16 obs
  • striped wintergreen15 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
  • Common Garter Snake12 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/43435591

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