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Hemingway Property

Hemingway Property from directly overhead

Hemingway Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gan Katan Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Stamford Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.15371, -73.58985

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Mehlquist Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Pollarded Tree Collection: 2.3 mi
  • Word Garden: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • 911 Arch: 2.4 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 5.2 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 5.6 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 5.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 6.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.4 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 7.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 31
Picnic sites: 15
  • The Meadow: 3.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Cascade: 9.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 11.6 mi
  • Cascade: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Hemingway Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainN 10°299.314 m11.1 mi
West MountainNNE 18°285 m10.9 mi
Ivy HillNE 34°234 m10.9 mi
Mount AspetongNNW 330°229 m5.9 mi
Prospect HillNNE 30°228 m10.2 mi
Guard HillWNW 302°226 m6.8 mi
Branchville HillNE 40°225 m10.0 mi
Fox HillN 360°223 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399335

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