Nature reserve · Connecticut
Pequonnock Valley Wildlife Management Area
Pequonnock Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Ledge Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
Coordinates41.26566, -73.21402
- 2.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Indian Ledge Park: 0.7 mi
- Long Hill Green: 1.1 mi
- Middlebrooks Park: 1.3 mi
- Pond View Park: 1.4 mi
- Island Brook Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Deer Run Drive): 0.8 mi
- Parlor Rock Park: 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Teller Road): 1.2 mi
- Town Park (Riverside Drive): 1.3 mi
- Booth Hill Greenbelt: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Tree Stump Monument: 4.3 mi
- Old Mill Green: 5.0 mi
- White Oak: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Booth Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tashua Hill: 1.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mischa Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sport Hill: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Trumbull Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.6 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 4.2 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 5.7 mi
- Americana Museum: 5.7 mi
Beaches
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 4.8 mi
- Seaside Beach: 7.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 7.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 8.2 mi
- Money Beach: 8.4 mi
Gardens
- Eklund Garden: 5.4 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 35
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 5.8 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 6.8 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 26
- Heron: 2.1 mi
- Mother Mary: 2.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.7 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 20
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 1.7 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 8.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.3 mi
- Earthplace: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Cedar Grove: 3.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 3.6 mi
- Pond View: 3.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Tongue Point Light: 7.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 9.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 9.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 15.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.5 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 18.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 7.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
- The Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Pequonnock Valley Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | NW 316° | 303 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sunset Hill | WNW 303° | 253 m | 9.1 mi |
| Eden Hill | NW 312° | 240 m | 7.0 mi |
| Redding Ridge | WNW 296° | 214 m | 8.1 mi |
| Osborn Hill | N 360° | 206 m | 9.2 mi |
| Meekers Hill | WNW 295° | 203 m | 7.3 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 37° | 202 m | 8.4 mi |
| Barn Hill | NNE 16° | 200 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1011004704
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 21 mi
- Port Chester · 30 mi
- Rye Brook · 30 mi
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