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Sherwood Millpond

Sherwood Millpond from directly overhead

Sherwood Millpond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Walter D. Allen Saltmarsh Preserve, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12104, -73.33718

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Walter D. Allen Saltmarsh Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Sherwood Island State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Machamux Park: 1.0 mi
  • Compo-Owenoke Historic District: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Clapboard Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Compo Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 1.0 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 1.1 mi
  • Haskins House: 1.1 mi
  • Minuteman Statue: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 11.5 mi
  • Heron: 11.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Earthplace: 2.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 4.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.5 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 8.2 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 7.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 7.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Sherwood Millpond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNW 311°184 m9.7 mi
Tashua HillNNE 25°179 m10.6 mi
Upper Bald HillNW 315°171 m10.5 mi
Round HillNNE 17°170 m9.5 mi
Comstock KnollNW 312°164 m8.8 mi
Powells HillN 2°159 m8.0 mi
Sport HillNNE 23°154 m9.1 mi
Flirt HillN 3°148 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398751

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