Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve
Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen S. Hurlburt Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Roxbury Land Trust
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allen S. Hurlburt Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Glaves Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Leander Woods Preserve: 0.8 mi
- McMahan Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Fulkerson Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Bronson Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rucum Hill: 1.2 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Horse Hill: 2.0 mi
- Good Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hurlburt Park: 1.9 mi
- Hodge Park: 3.1 mi
- Traditions Park: 3.7 mi
- Hollow Park: 4.0 mi
- George Bennett Park: 4.2 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 1.9 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 2.4 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 4.3 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 4.4 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.6 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 5.8 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 6.6 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 7.1 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 8.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
- New Preston Falls: 10.7 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 4.1 mi
- Judea Garden: 10.8 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 11.2 mi
- Poet's Circle: 11.2 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 3.2 mi
- Indian village: 5.9 mi
- New Milford Tank: 7.1 mi
- Millstone: 8.1 mi
- Millstone: 8.1 mi
- Jean Widmark: 2.9 mi
- Lesser Evil: 10.6 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 12.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 12.7 mi
- North Beach: 9.5 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 9.7 mi
- South Beach: 9.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 10.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 4.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 9.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.5 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Pond View: 15.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 22.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 15.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | N 359° | 324 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NNW 338° | 324 m | 7.6 mi |
| Plumb Hill | N 358° | 322 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bell Hill | N 357° | 299 m | 7.0 mi |
| Good Hill | NE 39° | 292 m | 2.2 mi |
| Second Hill | WNW 291° | 285 m | 4.5 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | NNW 347° | 282 m | 3.3 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | E 83° | 282 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 11 mi away.
- Bobcat20 obs
- Ghost Pipe12 obs
- American Toad12 obs
- Eastern Newt11 obs
- Ring-necked Snake9 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit9 obs
- Eastern Bluebird8 obs
- Common Garter Snake8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43436610
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 25 mi
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