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Bogus Brook Preserve

Bogus Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Bogus Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Plymouth Realty-Setaside, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

The record

What the record says

Built
1975
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Redding Land Trust
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33255, -73.42712

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly Maze: 3.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 3.5 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 5.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.3 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.3 mi
  • South Beach: 10.1 mi
  • North Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 4.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 5.0 mi
  • Weir House: 5.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 16
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Bogus Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 292°304 m3.4 mi
Cranson PeakENE 66°303 m5.1 mi
Bailey MountainWSW 258°299.314 m6.6 mi
Moses MountainNW 314°296 m2.8 mi
Barlow MountainW 263°290 m3.7 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 326°286 m2.8 mi
West MountainWSW 249°285 m5.5 mi
Ned MountainWNW 283°284 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435577

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