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Sanford/Boughton

Sanford/Boughton from directly overhead

Sanford/Boughton is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Picketts Ridge, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Redding Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.32040, -73.44681

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 3.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.9 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 4.2 mi
  • South Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
  • North Beach: 11.3 mi
Museums
Gardens: 56
  • Garden Of Ideas: 4.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Cascade: 5.3 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 4.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 4.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 5.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 17
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.6 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Sanford/Boughton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 315°304 m3.0 mi
Cranson PeakENE 63°303 m6.3 mi
Bailey MountainW 264°299.314 m5.5 mi
Moses MountainNNW 340°296 m2.9 mi
Barlow MountainW 279°290 m2.7 mi
Thomas MountainN 350°286 m3.2 mi
West MountainWSW 255°285 m4.3 mi
Ned MountainWNW 297°284 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
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/43435579

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