Scheckter and Gross Preserve
Scheckter and Gross Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peter Welling Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Greenwich Land Trust
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 14.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peter Welling Property: 0.4 mi
- Peter Welling Property: 0.4 mi
- Peter Welling Property: 0.4 mi
- Robert P. & Meta S. Noble Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Grinell Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- High Point: 3.4 mi
- Cooney Hill: 4.0 mi
- South Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Kennelwood Hill: 5.0 mi
- 1BCG: 2.1 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 3.5 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
- cannon: 4.5 mi
- Morgan Stanley September 11th Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Western Greenwich Civic Center Park: 2.7 mi
- Pemberwick Park: 3.4 mi
- Pemberwick Park: 3.5 mi
- Greenwich Common: 3.8 mi
- Havemeyer Fields: 3.8 mi
- Neuberger Musuem of Art: 2.8 mi
- Neuberger Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 3.5 mi
- Bruce Museum: 4.4 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 3.1 mi
- Birch Grove: 3.1 mi
- Stream Garden: 3.2 mi
- Fall Garden: 3.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.2 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 3.7 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 4.5 mi
- José Martí: 4.7 mi
- Samford Sign: 6.5 mi
- Stamford Cone: 6.6 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 4.3 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 8.9 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 9.3 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 9.4 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 10.4 mi
- Harbor Point Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 6.0 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 6.6 mi
- Fords Beach: 6.6 mi
- Rye Beach: 7.7 mi
- The Meadow: 7.0 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
- Pell Hill: 13.1 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Raven's Rock: 8.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.3 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 4.2 mi
- The Falls: 15.9 mi
- Cascade: 16.1 mi
- Sheep Falls: 16.2 mi
- Cascade: 18.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 7.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 7.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 14.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 8.4 mi
- Doodletown: 23.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Scheckter and Gross Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | N 5° | 229 m | 10.5 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 348° | 226 m | 9.2 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNE 17° | 223 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cat Hill | NNW 335° | 221 m | 13.7 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 320° | 219 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 308° | 216 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hook Mountain | WNW 283° | 214 m | 13.6 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NW 324° | 213 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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