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Went Field

Went Field from directly overhead

Went Field is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Meekers Hill stands 203 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Urban Roots Bridgeport, a garden 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

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Coordinates41.17039, -73.20331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 0.2 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.6 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 0.7 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Perry Memorial Archway: 0.9 mi
  • Pro Patria: 0.9 mi
  • Goosetown Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Woodside Circle Open Space: 1.9 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 2.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Heron: 5.2 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.6 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Farmill River Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascades: 8.6 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 3.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 9.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.2 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Went Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meekers HillNW 323°203 m12.0 mi
Moose HillN 359°198 m11.2 mi
Israel HillN 6°192 m11.0 mi
Bugg HillN 356°189 m10.7 mi
Tashua HillNNW 339°179 m6.7 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 11°171 m9.6 mi
Round HillNW 324°170 m7.0 mi
Hirams HillNNW 341°167 m9.3 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Diamondback Terrapin42 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • Monk Parakeet31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab22 obs
  • American Herring Gull21 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull20 obs
  • American Robin16 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/43398648

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