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Heritage Road Tract

Heritage Road Tract from directly overhead

Heritage Road Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Street Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.

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Coordinates41.32721, -73.19725

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.8 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Indian Well Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Cascades: 5.2 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 4.8 mi
  • Heron: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.1 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 7.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 2.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 2.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Heritage Road Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 288°303 m7.7 mi
Sunset HillW 275°253 m8.6 mi
Taunton HillWNW 301°251 m9.3 mi
Eden HillW 274°240 m6.1 mi
Moose HillNE 38°231 m6.6 mi
Mount PleasantNW 312°230 m8.8 mi
Fivemile HillNNE 23°223 m7.5 mi
Redding RidgeW 265°214 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436171

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