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Richards Preserve

Richards Preserve from directly overhead

Richards Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 141 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Armstrong Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.24005, -73.61009

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 2.0 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Long Pond Mountain: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 1.3 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 1.5 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 3.8 mi
  • Old stone wall: 4.0 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 4.2 mi
Gardens
Museums
Parks
  • Sach's Park: 1.7 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 2.2 mi
  • John Jay Homestead: 2.6 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 2.7 mi
  • Beaver Dam Park: 3.2 mi
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Cummings Park Beach: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Annunaki: 1.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 13.4 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 13.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 26
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Richards Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNE 40°304 m10.0 mi
Bailey MountainNNE 31°299.314 m5.8 mi
Barlow MountainNE 44°290 m8.3 mi
West MountainNE 44°285 m6.2 mi
Ned MountainNNE 32°284 m8.8 mi
Seth Low MountainNE 39°283 m8.0 mi
Titicus MountainNNE 24°281 m6.1 mi
Turkey MountainW 273°253 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1466349139

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