Tunxis Hill Park
Tunxis Hill Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Meekers Hill stands 203 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gypsy Springs Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Drew Park: 0.8 mi
- Woodside Circle Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 1.2 mi
- New England Avenue Playground: 1.5 mi
- Pro Patria: 0.5 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Goosetown Park: 0.8 mi
- Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 0.8 mi
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.0 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 0.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.1 mi
- Osborne Hill: 1.8 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Clinton Park: 0.6 mi
- Knapps Green: 0.7 mi
- Goosetown Park: 0.8 mi
- Whitewood Knoll: 0.8 mi
- Karolyi Park: 0.8 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.3 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 7.2 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 1.9 mi
- Barnum Museum: 2.1 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 2.5 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 2.9 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 2.9 mi
- Seaside Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 2.1 mi
- Money Beach: 2.4 mi
- Jennings Beach: 2.7 mi
- Penfield Beach: 3.2 mi
- Heron: 5.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.5 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 7.2 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.4 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 8.5 mi
- Cascades: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 9.3 mi
- Burr Homestead: 2.9 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.5 mi
- Earthplace: 8.3 mi
- 3-town marker: 9.9 mi
- Weir House: 13.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 9.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 9.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 9.4 mi
- Pond View: 9.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.3 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 18.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 18.9 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 2.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 6.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 6.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 6.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 10.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 3.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 17.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Tunxis Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meekers Hill | NNW 326° | 203 m | 10.8 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 6° | 198 m | 10.6 mi |
| Israel Hill | NNE 13° | 192 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 2° | 189 m | 10.0 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 348° | 179 m | 5.7 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | NNE 19° | 171 m | 9.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 330° | 170 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 347° | 167 m | 8.3 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 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 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 Robin27 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
- common mugwort21 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
- garlic mustard18 obs
- House Sparrow16 obs
- Northern Cardinal15 obs
- Diamondback Terrapin15 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 way/77067383
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 18 mi
- Bayville · 26 mi
- Port Chester · 26 mi
- Rye Brook · 26 mi
- Oyster Bay · 27 mi
- Purchase · 27 mi
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