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Meckauer Park

Meckauer Park from directly overhead

Meckauer Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 93 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
93 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Bethel
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.39541, -73.40428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bennett Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Still River Greenway: 1.3 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.6 mi
  • P. T. Barnum Square: 1.7 mi
  • Town Green: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
  • South Beach: 6.3 mi
  • North Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 2.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 2.7 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 8.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 4.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.5 mi
  • Weir House: 9.9 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.3 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Lesser Evil: 1.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 1.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 2.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.1 mi
  • Annunaki: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.3 mi
  • Pond View: 10.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Meckauer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNW 304°313 m6.6 mi
Pine MountainSW 235°304 m5.3 mi
Cranson PeakESE 124°303 m4.1 mi
Moses MountainSW 233°296 m4.0 mi
Barlow MountainSW 226°290 m6.8 mi
Thomas MountainSW 234°286 m3.4 mi
West MountainSW 225°285 m8.9 mi
Ned MountainWSW 241°284 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper12 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
  • ground-ivy9 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/468487654

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