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Barnum Road Tract

Barnum Road Tract from directly overhead

Barnum Road Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnum Property, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.43961, -73.48053

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Hidden Valley Nature Center: 1.8 mi
  • Candlewood Town Park: 1.8 mi
  • Hatters Park: 2.1 mi
  • Sweetcake Mountain Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 4.1 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 50
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.4 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 6.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Lower Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 30
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 16
  • greek letter pi: 2.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.9 mi
  • Annunaki: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 4.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Barnum Road Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW 325°386 m6.9 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 316°376 m6.1 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNNW 335°358 m4.5 mi
Wanzer MountainN 353°346 m6.3 mi
Green Pond MountainN 10°323 m7.9 mi
Briggs HillN 355°323 m8.0 mi
Titicus MountainWNW 292°313 m1.7 mi
Great MountainNNE 12°310 m7.1 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1815:4316:28

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434956

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