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Miller-Setaside

Miller-Setaside from directly overhead

Miller-Setaside is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford Setaside, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.1 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.28983, -73.43344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 4.3 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 12.9 mi
  • South Beach: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 5.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 2.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 3.5 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.7 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Miller-Setaside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 326°304 m5.1 mi
Cranson PeakNE 45°303 m7.0 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 284°299.314 m6.3 mi
Moses MountainNNW 341°296 m5.1 mi
Barlow MountainNW 307°290 m4.2 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 347°286 m5.4 mi
West MountainWNW 282°285 m4.9 mi
Ned MountainNW 312°284 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
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 °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435152

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