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Fulkerson Preserve

Fulkerson Preserve from directly overhead

Fulkerson Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Horrigan Family Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Roxbury Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.54091, -73.31012

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 1.9 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 2.1 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 5.3 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 5.6 mi
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 51
Gardens: 31
Attractions: 24
Beaches: 18
Artworks: 17
  • Jean Widmark: 2.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.9 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Pond View: 16.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Fulkerson Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Painter HillNNE 15°324 m4.2 mi
Lower Church HillNNW 345°324 m6.5 mi
Plumb HillN 9°322 m5.9 mi
Carmel HillNNE 25°322 m7.4 mi
Great MountainW 269°310 m7.4 mi
Fenn HillNNW 346°303 m6.9 mi
Bell HillN 7°299 m6.3 mi
Good HillENE 69°292 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1199616735

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