Svihra Park
Svihra Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Meekers Hill stands 203 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenwood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 15 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Alice Street Lot: 0.8 mi
- Beardsley Park: 1.0 mi
- BJ Brown Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Old Mill Green: 1.2 mi
- Old Mill Green: 1.0 mi
- Ye Olde King's Highway: 1.0 mi
- White Oak: 1.0 mi
- Goosetown Park: 1.6 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.5 mi
- Success Hill: 2.3 mi
- Second Hill: 2.6 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 2.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.1 mi
- Woodside Circle Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Drew Park: 2.5 mi
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.9 mi
- Barnum Museum: 2.0 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 2.0 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 2.0 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.5 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.3 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.0 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.1 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 3.0 mi
- Seaside Beach: 3.2 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 3.5 mi
- Money Beach: 4.4 mi
- Long Beach: 4.4 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascades: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 7.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 8.2 mi
- Cascade: 8.4 mi
- Heron: 2.8 mi
- Mother Mary: 4.3 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.0 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.0 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.0 mi
- Burr Homestead: 5.2 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.0 mi
- 3-town marker: 10.2 mi
- Earthplace: 10.3 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 19.4 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 19.5 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 19.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 7.7 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 8.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 2.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 6.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 6.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 6.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 12.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 3.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 16.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Svihra Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meekers Hill | NW 314° | 203 m | 10.5 mi |
| Barn Hill | N 4° | 200 m | 9.7 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 357° | 198 m | 8.9 mi |
| Israel Hill | N 6° | 192 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 352° | 189 m | 8.4 mi |
| Upper White Hills | NNE 11° | 188 m | 10.2 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NW 325° | 179 m | 4.8 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | NNE 11° | 171 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.
- American Robin44 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
- House Sparrow30 obs
- Canada Goose29 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage28 obs
- common mugwort25 obs
- garlic mustard25 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270165
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 20 mi
- Bayville · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Rye Brook · 28 mi
- Oyster Bay · 29 mi
- Purchase · 29 mi
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