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Shellenberger Preserve

Shellenberger Preserve from directly overhead

Shellenberger Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. Merritt Parkway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.09737, -73.60500

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Conifer Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Pollarded Tree Collection: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 3.7 mi
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 4.2 mi
  • Samford Sign: 4.5 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 4.6 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 4.7 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 5.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 54
Picnic sites: 15
  • The Meadow: 3.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Shellenberger Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 347°229 m9.2 mi
Guard HillNW 326°226 m9.0 mi
Fox HillN 4°223 m10.7 mi
Chappaqua HillWNW 301°219 m9.9 mi
Sarles HillWNW 291°216 m10.2 mi
McKesson HillNW 306°213 m10.5 mi
Buttermilk HillW 275°211 m10.8 mi
Becks HillNNE 28°208 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:30

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/43398916

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