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Barnum Property

Barnum Property from directly overhead

Barnum Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnum Road Tract, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.43287, -73.48526

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 3.9 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 3.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.1 mi
Museums
Gardens: 50
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.1 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 31
Waterfalls: 31
  • Lower Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 18
  • greek letter pi: 2.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.5 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Barnum Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNNW 329°386 m7.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 321°376 m6.3 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNNW 340°358 m4.8 mi
Wanzer MountainN 356°346 m6.7 mi
Green Pond MountainN 11°323 m8.4 mi
Briggs HillN 357°323 m8.4 mi
Titicus MountainNW 310°313 m1.7 mi
Great MountainNNE 13°310 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:28

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434932

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