Park · Connecticut
Wordin Park
Wordin Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Bugg Hill stands 189 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West Side II Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Bridgeport Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates41.16116, -73.21723
- 3.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- West Side II Park: 0.2 mi
- Ellsworth Park: 0.5 mi
- West End Park: 0.6 mi
- Went Field: 1.0 mi
- Seaside Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 0.5 mi
- Pro Patria: 0.9 mi
- Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 0.9 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 1.4 mi
Beaches
- Seaside Beach: 0.8 mi
- Money Beach: 1.2 mi
- Jennings Beach: 1.6 mi
- Penfield Beach: 2.2 mi
- Fairfield Beach: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.0 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.2 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Ash Creek Open Space: 1.2 mi
- New England Avenue Playground: 1.2 mi
- Ash Creek Open Space: 1.2 mi
- The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Tunxis Hill: 1.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.7 mi
- Osborne Hill: 2.0 mi
- Round Hill: 2.2 mi
- Orchard Hill: 2.2 mi
Museums
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- Barnum Museum: 1.8 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 2.1 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 2.4 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 38
- Heron: 6.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 7.5 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 7.6 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
- Devil's Glen Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 9.1 mi
- Cascades: 9.5 mi
- Cascade: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 18
- Burr Homestead: 2.2 mi
- Earthplace: 8.5 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.8 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.1 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Forbes Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 19.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 19.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Tongue Point Light: 2.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 6.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 6.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 6.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 2.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 17.6 mi
Springs: 2
- The Silver Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Wordin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugg Hill | N 359° | 189 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 346° | 179 m | 7.1 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | NNE 14° | 171 m | 10.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 331° | 170 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 346° | 167 m | 9.7 mi |
| Booth Hill | NNE 12° | 160 m | 8.3 mi |
| Powells Hill | NW 311° | 159 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sport Hill | NNW 335° | 154 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose43 obs
- Diamondback Terrapin35 obs
- Common Atlantic Slippersnail33 obs
- Brant31 obs
- Ring-billed Gull30 obs
- Monk Parakeet29 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab29 obs
- common mugwort28 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/922940265
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 18 mi
- Bayville · 25 mi
- Oyster Bay · 26 mi
- Port Chester · 26 mi
- Rye Brook · 26 mi
- Purchase · 27 mi
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