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Quarry Head Park

Quarry Head Park from directly overhead

Quarry Head Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Bald Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.22954, -73.47651

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Vista Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Kellogg Drive Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Kellogg Drive Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Millstone Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Linden Tree Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Fairy Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Beaches
Artworks: 35
  • Annunaki: 5.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.3 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 12.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cascade: 1.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 12
  • Pell Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.1 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 7.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 7.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 2.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Quarry Head Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNW 326°299.314 m6.9 mi
Barlow MountainN 350°290 m6.8 mi
West MountainNNW 333°285 m5.8 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 344°283 m7.2 mi
Titicus MountainNW 325°281 m7.7 mi
Ivy HillN 4°234 m3.8 mi
Prospect HillNNW 347°228 m3.7 mi
Branchville HillNNE 12°225 m2.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
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
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander41 obs
  • Green Frog37 obs
  • Spotted Salamander36 obs
  • Wood Frog33 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee32 obs
  • Common Garter Snake30 obs
  • Eastern Newt29 obs
  • winged euonymus29 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/359286723

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