Moore Field
Moore Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowling Green, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 17 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bowling Green: 0.3 mi
- John L. Carusone Field: 0.5 mi
- Cherry Ann Park: 0.6 mi
- Willis Street Playground: 0.7 mi
- Beecher Park: 0.8 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 1.3 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 1.3 mi
- Bishop James Varick Corner: 1.5 mi
- Spanish-American War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- West Rock Nature Center: 1.0 mi
- Pond Lily Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Shepherd Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Greeley-Bishop Pond: 2.1 mi
- Mill Rock: 1.7 mi
- Whitney Peak: 2.4 mi
- East Rock: 2.5 mi
- Indian Head: 2.7 mi
- Snake Rock: 2.9 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 5.9 mi
- Prospect Beach: 6.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 6.8 mi
- Rocky Beach: 7.0 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 7.2 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 0.7 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 1.1 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 1.6 mi
- Conifer Garden: 1.7 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 1.0 mi
- Sperry Falls: 3.7 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.7 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 4.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.4 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.4 mi
- Bear Cave: 12.4 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 12.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 0.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.1 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.3 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 2.3 mi
- An American Dream: 2.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 13.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 19.2 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Pond View: 14.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 15.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Moore Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 1° | 263 m | 8.7 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | N 354° | 253 m | 9.5 mi |
| Moose Hill | WNW 298° | 231 m | 9.8 mi |
| Beacon Cap | NNW 343° | 221 m | 9.1 mi |
| High Rock | N 5° | 216 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNE 26° | 206 m | 7.3 mi |
| Beacon Hill | NNW 332° | 204 m | 9.5 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 282° | 202 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee88 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly71 obs
- common mugwort67 obs
- American wintergreen59 obs
- Falcate Orangetip55 obs
- mountain laurel53 obs
- bird's foot violet52 obs
- black cherry51 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359281998
Day trips start here
- Essex · 29 mi
- Old Saybrook · 30 mi
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