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Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve from directly overhead

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 292 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northeast, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Barlow Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
292 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32531, -73.50068

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 0.4 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 0.5 mi
  • Pierrepont Pond Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 0.8 mi
  • Bennett's Pond State Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 56
  • Garden Of Ideas: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.6 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 52
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
  • South Beach: 10.6 mi
  • North Beach: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 22
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 6.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNE 21°304 m1.9 mi
Bailey MountainWSW 251°299.314 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainNE 37°296 m3.0 mi
Barlow MountainENE 63°290 m0.1 mi
Thomas MountainNE 39°286 m3.6 mi
West MountainSW 223°285 m2.0 mi
Ned MountainNNW 328°284 m1.9 mi
Seth Low MountainWNW 293°283 m0.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bloodroot39 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee38 obs
  • red trillium30 obs
  • yellow trout lily28 obs
  • American Toad28 obs
  • Green Frog24 obs
  • striped wintergreen22 obs
  • Common Garter Snake21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/69703503

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