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Schenck's Island

Schenck's Island from directly overhead

Schenck's Island is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilton Heritage Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.18900, -73.42939

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 0.3 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 5.6 mi
Parks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 8.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.6 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 3.8 mi
  • Weir House: 4.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 6.8 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.3 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 7.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Schenck's Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 342°234 m6.9 mi
Prospect HillNNW 333°228 m7.2 mi
Branchville HillNNW 340°225 m5.6 mi
Biddle HillNNW 338°223 m6.0 mi
Windy HillN 2°220 m6.9 mi
Goodsell HillN 8°211 m5.4 mi
Becks HillWNW 297°208 m5.2 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 12°204 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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
  • garlic mustard58 obs
  • winged euonymus40 obs
  • common mugwort39 obs
  • common jewelweed37 obs
  • American pokeweed37 obs
  • American Toad37 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee33 obs
  • wineberry32 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 way/43398189

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