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Haskins Preserve

Haskins Preserve from directly overhead

Haskins Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Haskins Greenhouses, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.13009, -73.35304

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 0.0 mi
  • Haskins House: 0.0 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 0.1 mi
  • Minuteman Statue: 1.3 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Compo Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 11.1 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.4 mi
  • Heron: 11.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Earthplace: 1.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 5.4 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.3 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.8 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Haskins Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNNW 341°211 m9.9 mi
Gilbert HillNNW 339°186 m9.8 mi
Bald HillNW 312°184 m8.7 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 316°171 m9.5 mi
Round HillNNE 23°170 m9.2 mi
Comstock KnollNW 313°164 m7.7 mi
Powells HillN 8°159 m7.4 mi
Sport HillNNE 30°154 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/833566546

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