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McGuane Field

McGuane Field from directly overhead

McGuane Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut Graphis Arts Center and Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
31 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.07166, -73.49312

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 2.8 mi
  • Samford Sign: 2.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.1 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.7 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Statue of Columbus: 2.8 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 3.4 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 4.5 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 5.2 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 29
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 4.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade: 13.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of McGuane Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNW 324°229 m13.4 mi
Branchville HillN 6°225 m13.5 mi
Fox HillNNW 338°223 m13.5 mi
Becks HillN 353°208 m10.5 mi
Indian HillNW 323°201 m11.5 mi
Nod HillN 8°199 m13.2 mi
Nod HIllN 8°197 m13.2 mi
Bald HillN 5°184 m9.9 mi

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 solstice07:1615:4516:29

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, 5 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull43 obs
  • American Herring Gull38 obs
  • Bufflehead35 obs
  • Common Gull34 obs
  • Hooded Merganser32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer31 obs
  • Canada Goose30 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly28 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/544636253

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