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Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve

Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve from directly overhead

Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hulls Highway-Arbor Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates41.14872, -73.29042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Hulls Highway-Arbor Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Wakeman Lane Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Sasco River-Kirik Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Peter's Gate Reserve: 0.7 mi
  • Sasco Creek Marsh Open Space: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.0 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks: 55
  • Heron: 8.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.2 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.1 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 2.1 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 9.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
  • Pond View: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNW 321°211 m10.4 mi
Tashua HillNNE 15°179 m8.0 mi
Round HillN 3°170 m7.1 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 294°164 m9.8 mi
Powells HillNNW 340°159 m6.4 mi
Sport HillN 10°154 m6.5 mi
Flirt HillNNW 345°148 m7.5 mi
Staples HillN 356°144 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399530

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