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Mill Dam Park

Mill Dam Park from directly overhead

Mill Dam Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathan Hale Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88430, -73.42268

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Halesite Park: 0.5 mi
  • Heckscher Park: 0.6 mi
  • Village Green Park: 0.7 mi
  • Huntington YMCA: 0.8 mi
  • John J. Flanagan Memorial Activity Center: 0.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 3.0 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.4 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 4.6 mi
  • West Hills: 4.7 mi
  • Jayne's Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Lower Education Area: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.0 mi
  • Wolf 5: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Mill Dam Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillNW 319°172 m20.0 mi
Cooney HillNW 313°170 m22.0 mi
Comstock KnollN 355°164 m22.3 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 306°156 m21.6 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 352°141 m21.3 mi
Canoe HillN 351°140 m19.7 mi
Jayne's HillS 182°122 m4.8 mi
Ferris HillN 351°120 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 3 mi away.

  • Pond Slider59 obs
  • Canada Goose54 obs
  • Mute Swan40 obs
  • Mallard40 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck20 obs
  • eastern poison ivy20 obs
  • red maple18 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/317816411

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