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Limekiln Natural Area

Limekiln Natural Area from directly overhead

Limekiln Natural Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Steiner-Setaside, a nature reserve 0.6 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
Coordinates41.33309, -73.40233

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.6 mi
  • South Beach: 10.3 mi
  • North Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.2 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 4.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 5.3 mi
  • Weir House: 5.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 8.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 8.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.7 mi
  • Pond View: 8.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Limekiln Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 286°304 m4.6 mi
Cranson PeakENE 59°303 m3.9 mi
Moses MountainWNW 300°296 m3.8 mi
Barlow MountainW 265°290 m5.0 mi
Thomas MountainNW 309°286 m3.6 mi
West MountainWSW 253°285 m6.7 mi
Ned MountainW 280°284 m6.2 mi
Seth Low MountainW 268°283 m5.8 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/1421911996

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