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Poindexter Nature Preserve

Poindexter Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Poindexter Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakewood Ymca (Camp Tepee), a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.31936, -73.28704

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Memorial Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.3 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 5.5 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 5.5 mi
  • The Castle: 6.4 mi
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Seaside Beach: 11.9 mi
Gardens
  • Eklund Garden: 8.6 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 9.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 9.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 2.4 mi
  • Heron: 7.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 7.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 5.2 mi
  • Weir House: 9.8 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 10.9 mi
  • Millstone: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • Pond View: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Poindexter Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNW 318°303 m4.0 mi
Town MountainWNW 294°264 m8.8 mi
Bogus MountainWNW 286°254 m7.5 mi
Sunset HillWNW 288°253 m4.1 mi
Taunton HillNNW 328°251 m6.3 mi
Eden HillWNW 303°240 m1.7 mi
Mount PleasantNNW 344°230 m6.7 mi
Picketts RidgeW 273°221 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:28

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/844434153

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