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Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park

Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park from directly overhead

Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Randall's Farm Preserve, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.25421, -73.29726

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Randall's Farm Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.4 mi
  • Helen Keller Park: 1.5 mi
  • Easton Community Center: 1.5 mi
  • Aspetuck Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 2.2 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 2.2 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.4 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Formal Garden: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Cascade: 2.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.1 mi
  • Heron: 5.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.9 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 9.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 21
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.2 mi
  • Pond View: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNNW 344°303 m7.8 mi
Sunset HillNNW 330°253 m6.7 mi
Eden HillN 351°240 m5.5 mi
Windy HillWNW 290°220 m7.0 mi
Redding RidgeNW 326°214 m5.2 mi
Goodsell HillW 278°211 m6.2 mi
Huckleberry HillWNW 284°204 m5.8 mi
Meekers HillNNW 329°203 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:30
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, 11 mi away.

  • Monarch28 obs
  • common mugwort16 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail15 obs
  • Gray Treefrog15 obs
  • American Toad13 obs
  • Wood Frog12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Bobcat11 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/43398552

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