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Mill Hollow Park

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Mill Hollow Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Fording Place, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.14893, -73.27202

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Old Fording Place: 0.1 mi
  • Old Fording Place: 0.1 mi
  • Sturges Ponds Open Space: 0.2 mi
  • Perrys Millponds Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Palmers Neck Park: 0.7 mi
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.0 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 55
  • Heron: 8.0 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 10.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.1 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.6 mi
  • Pond View: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mill Hollow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 9°179 m7.8 mi
Round HillN 355°170 m7.1 mi
Hirams HillN 3°167 m10.3 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 292°164 m10.6 mi
Booth HillNNE 27°160 m10.1 mi
Powells HillNNW 333°159 m6.8 mi
Sport HillN 2°154 m6.4 mi
Flirt HillNNW 338°148 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

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, 8 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer60 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly58 obs
  • eastern white pine43 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • garlic mustard32 obs
  • Wild Turkey31 obs
  • Painted Turtle27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 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/43398976

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