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Town Hall Playground

Town Hall Playground from directly overhead

Town Hall Playground is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is St. John/Myrtle Avenue Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.14514, -73.35853

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • St. John/Myrtle Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • St. John Place/Myrtle Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Winslow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Canal Green: 0.3 mi
  • Jesup Green: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Sipperly Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Compo Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Stony Brook Road Property: 1.0 mi
  • Haskins Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Saugatuck River Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Newtown Turnpike Property: 1.7 mi
  • Silent Grove: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Capped Water Well: 1.0 mi
  • Haskins House: 1.0 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 1.1 mi
  • Minuteman Statue: 2.3 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.3 mi
  • Heron: 11.3 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Earthplace: 1.2 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 5.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.1 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Town Hall Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNNW 341°211 m8.8 mi
Gilbert HillNNW 339°186 m8.8 mi
Bald HillNW 308°184 m7.8 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 313°171 m8.6 mi
Round HillNNE 28°170 m8.4 mi
Comstock KnollNW 308°164 m6.8 mi
Powells HillNNE 12°159 m6.4 mi
Sport HillNE 35°154 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

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, 10 mi away.

  • Monarch200 obs
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth142 obs
  • Elegant Grass-veneer102 obs
  • Armyworm Moth84 obs
  • Bicolored Sallow82 obs
  • Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth80 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail71 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper71 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/43399637

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