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Guarding Mountain Preserve

Guarding Mountain Preserve from directly overhead

Guarding Mountain Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.57220, -73.42475

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 3.8 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 3.8 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 7.3 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 7.5 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.0 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 37
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.1 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Judea Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 9.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 8.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 20.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Pond View: 20.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Guarding Mountain Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 280°405 m6.1 mi
Bear HillNNE 12°390 m6.1 mi
Birch HillWSW 243°386 m7.7 mi
Branch HillW 270°370 m5.4 mi
Seeley HillWNW 284°368 m6.3 mi
Turner MountainW 279°362 m4.9 mi
Peet HillN 357°359 m7.0 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSW 223°358 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436440

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