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Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve

Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Officer's Quarters, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Redding Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33986, -73.38914

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.3 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.3 mi
  • South Beach: 10.1 mi
  • North Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 24
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.1 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 4.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 5.6 mi
  • Weir House: 6.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.1 mi
  • Pond View: 8.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW 279°304 m5.2 mi
Cranson PeakENE 60°303 m3.1 mi
Moses MountainWNW 289°296 m4.2 mi
Barlow MountainW 261°290 m5.7 mi
Thomas MountainWNW 297°286 m4.0 mi
West MountainWSW 251°285 m7.5 mi
Ned MountainW 275°284 m6.8 mi
Seth Low MountainW 264°283 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435564

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