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Bertha and Reginald Rose Refuge

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Bertha and Reginald Rose Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hollow Cemetery Perennial Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85627, -73.54482

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Orpheus and Eurydice: 0.8 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 0.9 mi
  • The Outside In: 0.9 mi
  • The West Portico: 0.9 mi
  • Coach Meeting House Mural: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Senator Ralph J. Marino Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.9 mi
  • Raynham Hall Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Townsend Park: 1.4 mi
  • Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 4.5 mi
  • Birches: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 12.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.9 mi
  • The Loch: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Bertha and Reginald Rose Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 322°211 m22.4 mi
Reynolds HillNW 326°180 m20.8 mi
Round HillNNW 339°172 m18.4 mi
Cooney HillNNW 330°170 m19.5 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 323°156 m18.3 mi
Beaver HillNW 315°140 m20.8 mi
Canoe HillN 9°140 m21.6 mi
Hackley HillNW 313°140 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381029171

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