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P. T. Barnum Square

P. T. Barnum Square from directly overhead

P. T. Barnum Square is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 114 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
114 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37154, -73.41116

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.1 mi
  • South Beach: 7.7 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 2.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 2.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 3.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.0 mi
  • Weir House: 8.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.2 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 19
  • P.T. Barnum: 0.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.0 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.8 mi
  • Pond View: 9.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of P. T. Barnum Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNW 316°313 m7.4 mi
Pine MountainWSW 251°304 m4.2 mi
Cranson PeakE 99°303 m3.8 mi
Bailey MountainWSW 241°299.314 m8.3 mi
Moses MountainWSW 254°296 m2.9 mi
Barlow MountainSW 235°290 m5.5 mi
Thomas MountainW 261°286 m2.4 mi
West MountainSW 232°285 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • dame's rocket10 obs
  • bloodroot10 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • purple loosestrife10 obs
  • Western Honey Bee9 obs
  • common milkweed8 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/359286667

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