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Fleming Preserve

Fleming Preserve from directly overhead

Fleming Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Todd Hill stands 344 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker/Hart Refuge, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Flanders Nature Center

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59048, -73.20021

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Three Rivers Park: 2.6 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 2.8 mi
  • Town Green: 3.4 mi
  • Woodbury South Green: 3.6 mi
  • Hollow Park: 3.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 4.4 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.7 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 54
Gardens: 43
Attractions: 35
Cliffs: 21
Artworks: 20
  • Jean Widmark: 3.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 8.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 8.4 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 8.5 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Morris Town Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Waterfront: 8.7 mi
  • Boating Side: 8.8 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Pond View: 19.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 20.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Fleming Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todd HillNNW 339°344 m4.9 mi
Poor House HillN 357°336 m7.1 mi
Apple HillN 353°334 m7.1 mi
Little Mount TomNNW 334°331 m7.3 mi
Painter HillW 277°324 m4.7 mi
Carmel HillNW 323°322 m4.1 mi
Plumb HillWNW 297°322 m5.3 mi
Walnut HillNE 35°307 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/810752030

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