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Waveny Park

Waveny Park from directly overhead

Waveny Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Talmadge Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
100 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.12339, -73.49016

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 0.1 mi
  • 911 Arch: 3.3 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 3.9 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 4.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 3.3 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 5.5 mi
  • Samford Sign: 5.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.9 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.8 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 3.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 3.9 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 4.9 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.9 mi
  • Weir House: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • The Meadow: 2.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Farms Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Waveny Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNW 312°229 m10.8 mi
Prospect HillN 359°228 m10.9 mi
Branchville HillN 7°225 m9.9 mi
Biddle HillN 5°223 m10.2 mi
Fox HillNNW 330°223 m10.3 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 22°211 m10.6 mi
Becks HillNNW 348°208 m7.0 mi
Indian HillNW 309°201 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 3 mi away.

  • Green Frog74 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly54 obs
  • common mugwort53 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel50 obs
  • white snakeroot48 obs
  • American Bullfrog43 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Pickerel Frog37 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/43398029

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