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Duff Preserve

Duff Preserve from directly overhead

Duff Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gus Purdy Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greenwich Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.07892, -73.62933

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 3.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 4.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 4.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.0 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 5.0 mi
Gardens
  • East Woodland Walk: 4.4 mi
  • Birch Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Grass Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Fall Garden: 4.6 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 4.6 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 5.4 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 14.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade: 16.6 mi
  • The Falls: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Duff Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 355°229 m10.3 mi
Guard HillNNW 337°226 m9.5 mi
Fox HillN 9°223 m12.1 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 311°219 m9.7 mi
Sarles HillWNW 300°216 m9.6 mi
McKesson HillNW 316°213 m10.3 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 283°211 m9.7 mi
Becks HillNNE 30°208 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399173

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