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Varsity Field

Varsity Field from directly overhead

Varsity Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is University Field, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
29 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16482, -73.26234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Flower House Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Mill River Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Mill River Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Butkus Pond Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Perrys Millponds Open Space: 0.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Roger Ludlow: 1.4 mi
  • Powder House - 1814: 1.4 mi
  • Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 1.6 mi
  • Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.7 mi
  • Ash Creek Restoration Project: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.0 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.4 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 47
  • Heron: 6.8 mi
  • Mother Mary: 8.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 9.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.5 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascades: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.3 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.4 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.5 mi
  • Pond View: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Varsity Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNW 311°211 m10.6 mi
Huckleberry HillNW 316°204 m10.6 mi
Gilbert HillNW 310°186 m10.6 mi
Tashua HillN 6°179 m6.6 mi
Round HillN 350°170 m6.1 mi
Hirams HillN 360°167 m9.2 mi
Booth HillNNE 27°160 m8.9 mi
Powells HillNW 324°159 m6.1 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer54 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly47 obs
  • eastern white pine43 obs
  • garlic mustard35 obs
  • Wild Turkey29 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Painted Turtle27 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 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 node/359287455

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