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Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve

Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scalzi Riverwalk, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
SRNP Stewardship Committee
Getting there

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Coordinates41.06380, -73.54571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scalzi Riverwalk: 0.0 mi
  • Scalzi Park: 0.1 mi
  • Homer Lee Wise Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sergt. Vincent M. Horan Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sergt. Vincent M. Horan Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Samford Sign: 0.8 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 0.8 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 1.1 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 4.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.8 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 51
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 4.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 13.5 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade: 13.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Cascade: 14.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 335°229 m12.5 mi
Guard HillNW 320°226 m12.7 mi
Fox HillN 350°223 m13.2 mi
Chappaqua HillWNW 303°219 m13.8 mi
Sarles HillWNW 295°216 m13.9 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 283°211 m14.2 mi
Becks HillN 8°208 m11.1 mi
Indian HillNNW 337°201 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1494142072

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