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Richard C. Wheeler Nature Preserve

Richard C. Wheeler Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Richard C. Wheeler Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Schenck's Island, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wilton Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18664, -73.42883

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 0.2 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 5.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.0 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 9.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.8 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 10.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.0 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 3.7 mi
  • Weir House: 5.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 6.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.2 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 7.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Richard C. Wheeler Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 342°234 m7.1 mi
Prospect HillNNW 333°228 m7.3 mi
Branchville HillNNW 340°225 m5.8 mi
Biddle HillNNW 338°223 m6.2 mi
Windy HillN 2°220 m7.0 mi
Goodsell HillN 8°211 m5.5 mi
Becks HillWNW 299°208 m5.3 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 12°204 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1152296324

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