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H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve

H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Audubon Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.12723, -73.30634

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Machamux Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wakeman Boys & Girls Club: 1.0 mi
  • Perry"s Green: 1.2 mi
  • Southport Park: 1.4 mi
  • Fairfield County Hunt Club: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Sasco Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mill Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Heron: 10.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 12.6 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Burr Homestead: 3.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.1 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.1 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 9.9 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNW 304°184 m10.7 mi
Tashua HillNNE 18°179 m9.7 mi
Round HillN 8°170 m8.7 mi
Comstock KnollNW 304°164 m9.8 mi
Powells HillN 350°159 m7.6 mi
Sport HillNNE 14°154 m8.1 mi
Flirt HillN 353°148 m8.8 mi
Staples HillN 3°144 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399506

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