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Baldwin Preserve and Bray Preserve

Baldwin Preserve and Bray Preserve from directly overhead

Baldwin Preserve and Bray Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Todd Hill stands 344 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is van Deusen Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Roxbury Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55433, -73.28439

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 0.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 0.7 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 4.2 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Hurlburt Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hodge Park: 2.4 mi
  • Three Rivers Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hollow Park: 4.0 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 54
Gardens: 39
Attractions: 26
Artworks: 17
  • Jean Widmark: 1.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 12.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 12.4 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Pond View: 16.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Baldwin Preserve and Bray Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todd HillNNE 20°344 m7.6 mi
Painter HillN 355°324 m3.1 mi
Lower Church HillNNW 331°324 m6.1 mi
Plumb HillN 355°322 m4.9 mi
Carmel HillNNE 18°322 m6.1 mi
Church HillNNW 333°305 m7.1 mi
Fenn HillNNW 333°303 m6.4 mi
Bell HillN 354°299 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1160295198

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