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Roger Sherman Baldwin Park

Roger Sherman Baldwin Park from directly overhead

Roger Sherman Baldwin Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.01813, -73.62573

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Grass Island: 0.2 mi
  • Bruce Park Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District: 0.4 mi
  • Grass Island Park: 0.6 mi
  • Greenwich Avenue Historic District: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 2.8 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 3.5 mi
  • East Woodland Walk: 3.7 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 3.7 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 26
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 12.0 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 9.7 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.2 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 7.4 mi
  • The Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade: 18.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Cascade: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.4 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 356°229 m14.5 mi
Guard HillNNW 343°226 m13.5 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 325°219 m12.9 mi
Sarles HillNW 317°216 m12.4 mi
McKesson HillNNW 327°213 m13.7 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 304°211 m11.6 mi
Becks HillNNE 22°208 m15.2 mi
Mount NeboW 278°208 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin97 obs
  • Mallard47 obs
  • Mourning Dove41 obs
  • Canada Goose37 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • House Sparrow36 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail31 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 way/43398001

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