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Water View Park

Water View Park from directly overhead

Water View Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Upchurch Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.

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Coordinates41.18498, -73.17252

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens: 60
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.7 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Wooster Park: 2.5 mi
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Park: 2.9 mi
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 3.1 mi
  • Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Heron: 4.1 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.8 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Burr Homestead: 5.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.6 mi
  • Pond View: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Water View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barn HillN 357°200 m11.0 mi
Moose HillN 350°198 m10.3 mi
Israel HillN 358°192 m9.9 mi
Bugg HillNNW 346°189 m9.9 mi
Tashua HillNW 322°179 m6.6 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 1°171 m8.4 mi
Round HillNW 309°170 m7.4 mi
Hirams HillNNW 329°167 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:28

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Diamondback Terrapin47 obs
  • Monarch36 obs
  • Osprey35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly29 obs
  • common mugwort23 obs
  • American Robin22 obs
  • red deadnettle21 obs
  • European Starling20 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/922771564

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