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Pecks Mill Pond Park

Pecks Mill Pond Park from directly overhead

Pecks Mill Pond Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.22621, -73.11594

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Model Railroad Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Americana Museum: 0.7 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 2.3 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 0.7 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.0 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 32
  • Farmill River Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Cascades: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Windmill: 0.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 3.5 mi
  • Heron: 3.8 mi
  • An American Dream: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 17
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 3.9 mi
  • Pond View: 8.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Pecks Mill Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 360°202 m9.5 mi
Barn HillNNW 336°200 m8.9 mi
Moose HillNNW 328°198 m8.7 mi
Israel HillNNW 335°192 m7.8 mi
Rockhouse HillN 354°192 m11.1 mi
Bugg HillNW 322°189 m8.6 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 346°188 m8.8 mi
Bagburn HillNNW 336°186 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

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, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel39 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal23 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck19 obs
  • Mallard18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer17 obs
  • Red Fox15 obs
  • American Wigeon14 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/359286688

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