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Hoyts Swamp

Hoyts Swamp from directly overhead

Hoyts Swamp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Clapboard Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
74 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.13128, -73.46372

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Ponus Avenue Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Fox Run Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Comstock Hill Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.5 mi
  • Still Pond Preserve: 1.6 mi
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 1.5 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 2.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.6 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.6 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 6.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 6.8 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.1 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 10.2 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.5 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 4.8 mi
  • Weir House: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 4.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
  • Farms Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Hoyts Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillN 359°225 m9.3 mi
Biddle HillN 357°223 m9.6 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 15°211 m9.6 mi
Becks HillNNW 336°208 m6.9 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 17°204 m10.3 mi
Indian HillWNW 301°201 m9.8 mi
Nod HillN 2°199 m8.9 mi
Nod HIllN 3°197 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Frog72 obs
  • common mugwort50 obs
  • garlic mustard48 obs
  • American Bullfrog43 obs
  • white snakeroot40 obs
  • Pickerel Frog39 obs
  • wineberry36 obs
  • White-tailed Deer35 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43399138

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