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Seaside Park

Seaside Park from directly overhead

Seaside Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Seaside Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

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Coordinates41.15797, -73.19857

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Perry Memorial Archway: 0.6 mi
  • Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.1 mi
  • Pro Patria: 1.6 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • West Side II Park: 0.8 mi
  • Went Field: 0.9 mi
  • Wordin Park: 1.0 mi
  • West End Park: 1.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.0 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 2.0 mi
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 2.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 2.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Heron: 6.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 7.0 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
  • Mother Mary: 7.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Farmill River Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Burr Homestead: 3.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.1 mi
  • Earthplace: 9.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Seaside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 358°198 m12.1 mi
Israel HillN 5°192 m11.8 mi
Bugg HillN 355°189 m11.5 mi
Tashua HillNNW 339°179 m7.6 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 8°171 m10.4 mi
Round HillNW 326°170 m7.8 mi
Hirams HillNNW 341°167 m10.2 mi
Booth HillN 5°160 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin39 obs
  • Monk Parakeet30 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab26 obs
  • American Herring Gull26 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull21 obs
  • Osprey20 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43398835

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