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Old Post Office Square

Old Post Office Square from directly overhead

Old Post Office Square is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Merwin Meadows Bath House, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
61 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.19565, -73.43095

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 0.8 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 53
  • Annunaki: 8.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.3 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 4.2 mi
  • Weir House: 4.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 6.4 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 7.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Old Post Office Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 341°234 m6.4 mi
Prospect HillNNW 332°228 m6.7 mi
Branchville HillNNW 339°225 m5.1 mi
Biddle HillNNW 337°223 m5.6 mi
Windy HillN 3°220 m6.4 mi
Cains HillNNW 345°213 m7.2 mi
Goodsell HillN 10°211 m4.9 mi
Becks HillWNW 293°208 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard59 obs
  • common mugwort45 obs
  • American Toad42 obs
  • winged euonymus40 obs
  • common jewelweed38 obs
  • American pokeweed38 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
  • wineberry31 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 node/359286629

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