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Waterside Park

Waterside Park from directly overhead

Waterside Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill River Park South, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.04349, -73.54465

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill River Park South: 0.2 mi
  • Mill River Park South: 0.2 mi
  • Harbor Point Commons Park: 0.2 mi
  • Washington Boulevard Park - Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Friendship Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Stamford Cone: 0.3 mi
  • Samford Sign: 0.6 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 0.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 3.6 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 6.2 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 53
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 5.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 12.1 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 12.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Cascade: 14.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade: 16.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Waterside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 338°229 m13.8 mi
Guard HillNW 324°226 m13.8 mi
Fox HillN 351°223 m14.6 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 307°219 m14.6 mi
Sarles HillWNW 300°216 m14.6 mi
McKesson HillNW 310°213 m15.2 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 289°211 m14.6 mi
Becks HillN 6°208 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:30

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly55 obs
  • Canada Goose54 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • Great Egret37 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle28 obs
  • House Sparrow26 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/1298703418

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