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Rickel Easement

Rickel Easement from directly overhead

Rickel Easement is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Marjorie Rickel, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Reading Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33532, -73.41586

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.9 mi
  • South Beach: 10.0 mi
  • North Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 3.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 3.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 20
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 4.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 4.8 mi
  • Weir House: 5.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 9.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.4 mi
  • Pond View: 9.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Rickel Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 286°304 m3.9 mi
Cranson PeakENE 65°303 m4.5 mi
Bailey MountainWSW 257°299.314 m7.2 mi
Moses MountainWNW 304°296 m3.1 mi
Barlow MountainW 262°290 m4.3 mi
Thomas MountainNW 315°286 m3.0 mi
West MountainWSW 250°285 m6.1 mi
Ned MountainW 279°284 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435631

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