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Drska Property

Drska Property from directly overhead

Drska Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnum Property, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42802, -73.49579

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 3.9 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 4.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.2 mi
Museums
Gardens: 50
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.0 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.0 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 6.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 31
Waterfalls: 28
  • Lower Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 18
  • greek letter pi: 2.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.9 mi
  • Annunaki: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Drska Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNNW 334°386 m7.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNNW 327°376 m6.3 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNNW 348°358 m5.0 mi
Wanzer MountainN 0°346 m7.1 mi
Briggs HillN 1°323 m8.8 mi
Green Pond MountainNNE 14°323 m8.9 mi
Titicus MountainNNW 333°313 m1.6 mi
Great MountainNNE 16°310 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:28

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434959

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