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Park Square

Park Square from directly overhead

Park Square is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 58 m. Redding Ridge stands 214 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Melville Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
58 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.19037, -73.23984

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Melville Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Burroughs Park: 0.2 mi
  • Knapps Green: 0.5 mi
  • Owen Fish Park: 0.6 mi
  • Highwood Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Drew Park: 0.2 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Samp Mortar Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.2 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Goosetown Park: 1.4 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Pro Patria: 1.5 mi
  • Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 1.6 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 1.7 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Heron: 4.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 7.4 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 17
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 8.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.6 mi
  • Pond View: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Park Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redding RidgeNW 326°214 m10.6 mi
Goodsell HillWNW 300°211 m10.5 mi
Huckleberry HillNW 304°204 m10.4 mi
Meekers HillNNW 327°203 m9.8 mi
Moose HillN 10°198 m10.0 mi
Israel HillNNE 18°192 m10.0 mi
Bugg HillN 7°189 m9.3 mi
Tashua HillN 354°179 m4.9 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, 6 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle29 obs
  • common mugwort27 obs
  • garlic mustard27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 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 node/359286677

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