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Fuller Preserve

Fuller Preserve from directly overhead

Fuller Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Nichols Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.10274, -73.71142

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cooney Hill: 1.1 mi
  • High Point: 1.7 mi
  • Round Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Reynolds Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Lombardi Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wampus Brook Park: 2.1 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 2.6 mi
  • Leitas Pond Park / Carroll Park: 3.4 mi
  • Kensico Dam Plaza: 3.6 mi
Gardens
  • Prayer Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Founders Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Birch Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Stream Garden: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • NRHP Plaque: 2.6 mi
  • The Rising: 3.5 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 4.0 mi
  • cannon: 4.1 mi
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 5.0 mi
Museums
Cliffs
Attractions
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.8 mi
  • José Martí: 7.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.5 mi
  • Current: 8.3 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 8.4 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 8.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 5.2 mi
  • The Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Cascade: 16.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Cascade: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Fuller Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNNW 336°253 m11.0 mi
Dickerson MountainNW 323°237 m13.5 mi
French HillNNW 339°236 m12.2 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 22°229 m9.3 mi
Guard HillN 4°226 m7.1 mi
Fox HillNNE 31°223 m12.1 mi
Cat HillNNW 343°221 m11.1 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 328°219 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398003

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