Bethany Bog & Lebanon Swamp
Bethany Bog & Lebanon Swamp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Bethany (Fairwood & Amity Roads), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
Private, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Yale University
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Of Bethany (Fairwood & Amity Roads): 0.3 mi
- Town of Bethany Property: 0.4 mi
- Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property: 1.0 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned): 1.1 mi
- Hershman's Hollow: 1.1 mi
- Beacon Cap: 1.2 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Sanford: 2.7 mi
- Bethany Library Park: 1.3 mi
- Pole Hill Park: 1.9 mi
- Cotton Hollow Field: 3.2 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 3.5 mi
- Volunteer Park: 3.5 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.3 mi
- Fountain: 4.3 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.4 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.3 mi
- Honor Hill Monument: 5.4 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 4.5 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 5.3 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 7.9 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 8.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.3 mi
- Waterfront: 13.1 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 8.0 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.1 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 8.1 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.0 mi
- Millstone: 8.8 mi
- Millstone: 8.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 12.6 mi
- Libby's Lump: 12.9 mi
- Maori Head: 7.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.9 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 12.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 14.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
- Pond View: 15.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 21.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bethany Bog & Lebanon Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | WNW 298° | 275 m | 5.5 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | WNW 294° | 273 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ENE 66° | 263 m | 2.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 359° | 263 m | 5.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 12° | 260 m | 4.0 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NNW 347° | 259 m | 2.9 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NE 36° | 253 m | 2.3 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NNE 18° | 246 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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