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Bressler Preserve

Bressler Preserve from directly overhead

Bressler Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Western Greenwich Civic Center Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greenwich Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.04666, -73.66654

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • East Woodland Walk: 1.5 mi
  • Birch Grove: 1.6 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 1.6 mi
  • Grass Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 1.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Bush-Lyon Homestead: 2.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 9.6 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 9.8 mi
  • House Of Sports: 9.8 mi
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 2.9 mi
  • Round Hill: 4.0 mi
  • High Point: 4.0 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Cooney Hill: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 23
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.3 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 14.7 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Raven's Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Northwest Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 12.5 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 13.1 mi
  • Castle Rock: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 6.0 mi
  • The Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade: 17.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Cascade: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Bressler Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 5°229 m12.5 mi
Guard HillN 351°226 m11.1 mi
Fox HillNNE 15°223 m14.7 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 328°219 m10.1 mi
Sarles HillNW 318°216 m9.5 mi
Hook MountainWNW 291°214 m14.1 mi
McKesson HillNNW 331°213 m11.0 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 300°211 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398356

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