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Glendinning Easement

Glendinning Easement from directly overhead

Glendinning Easement is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilbert Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Redding Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25842, -73.41833

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.1 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 4.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.1 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Compo Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Alvord Beach: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 0.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Cascade: 1.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Weir House: 2.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 2.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 7.9 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 331°304 m7.4 mi
Moses MountainNNW 341°296 m7.4 mi
Barlow MountainNW 319°290 m6.3 mi
West MountainWNW 299°285 m6.4 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 315°283 m7.0 mi
Wooster MountainNNW 334°275 m6.9 mi
Bogus MountainN 356°254 m6.3 mi
Sunset HillNNE 28°253 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399908

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