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Southport Park

Southport Park from directly overhead

Southport Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmers Neck Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.

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Coordinates41.13919, -73.28359

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Palmers Neck Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sasco Creek Marsh Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Westway Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Hulls Highway-Arbor Drive Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
  • Sasco Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mill Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Round Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.3 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Heron: 8.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.2 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.1 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 9.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.4 mi
  • Pond View: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Southport Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillNNE 12°179 m8.6 mi
Round HillN 0°170 m7.8 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 297°164 m10.4 mi
Powells HillNNW 339°159 m7.2 mi
Sport HillN 6°154 m7.1 mi
Flirt HillNNW 344°148 m8.3 mi
Staples HillN 354°144 m6.7 mi
Honey HillNW 314°143 m10.3 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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly58 obs
  • White-tailed Deer56 obs
  • eastern white pine39 obs
  • common mugwort32 obs
  • common reed32 obs
  • Painted Turtle26 obs
  • Porcelain Berry26 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 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/43399811

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