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Monroe Center Historic District

Monroe Center Historic District from directly overhead

Monroe Center Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33147, -73.20805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Castle: 3.2 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth Site: 6.1 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 8.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 39
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.2 mi
  • Millstone: 8.9 mi
  • Millstone: 9.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 5.3 mi
  • Heron: 6.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 8.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 1.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 1.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Monroe Center Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 288°303 m7.1 mi
Sunset HillW 273°253 m8.0 mi
Taunton HillWNW 301°251 m8.6 mi
Eden HillW 271°240 m5.5 mi
Moose HillNE 44°231 m6.7 mi
Mount PleasantNW 313°230 m8.2 mi
Fivemile HillNNE 28°223 m7.5 mi
Great HillNW 304°217 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
  • Coyote16 obs
  • Northern Cardinal12 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle12 obs
  • common mugwort11 obs
  • lesser periwinkle11 obs
  • garlic mustard11 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/478371341

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