Spectacle Swamp
Spectacle Swamp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairy Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.
Norwalk River Flood Control Site 7b (Spectacle Swamp)
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairy Garden: 0.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 5.8 mi
- Wildflower Garden Enclosure: 6.0 mi
- Woodcock Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Keeler Tavern Museum: 2.1 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- Wilton Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Trailside Nature Museum: 6.0 mi
- Silvermine Ridge: 0.4 mi
- Whipstick Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Weir Preserve Easement: 0.5 mi
- Weir Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Spectacle Swamp: 0.7 mi
- Quarry Head Park: 1.2 mi
- Weir Farm National Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- Onatru Farm Town Park: 2.0 mi
- East Ridge Fields: 2.3 mi
- East Ridge Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Upper Bald Hill: 1.2 mi
- Nod Hill: 1.4 mi
- Branchville Hill: 1.4 mi
- Nod HIll: 1.4 mi
- Biddle Hill: 1.6 mi
- Olmstead Memorial: 1.4 mi
- War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- James Craft Chemistry Research Laboratory Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Reflecting Pool Ruins: 3.1 mi
- The Black Mansion Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 5.6 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 5.7 mi
- Marvin Beach: 11.5 mi
- Compo Beach: 11.7 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.9 mi
- Annunaki: 5.4 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.6 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 9.2 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.9 mi
- Weir House: 1.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 5.9 mi
- Earthplace: 8.4 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 9.2 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.3 mi
- Sheep Falls: 1.4 mi
- Cascade: 1.5 mi
- Cascade: 3.6 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.6 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 5.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 13.1 mi
- Raven's Rock: 20.6 mi
- Pell Hill: 5.7 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.9 mi
- The Meadow: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.9 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 12.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.0 mi
- Dicktown: 22.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 1.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Spectacle Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 355° | 304 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | NW 319° | 299.314 m | 6.0 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | NNW 348° | 290 m | 5.6 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 326° | 285 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ned Mountain | NNW 342° | 284 m | 7.4 mi |
| Seth Low Mountain | NNW 341° | 283 m | 6.0 mi |
| Titicus Mountain | NW 319° | 281 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wooster Mountain | N 359° | 275 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 9 mi away.
- Green Frog62 obs
- Wood Frog47 obs
- striped wintergreen45 obs
- Spotted Salamander43 obs
- Eastern Newt43 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander42 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage40 obs
- Ghost Pipe40 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/302693256
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 11 mi
- Purchase · 19 mi
- Putnam County · 19 mi
- Rye Brook · 19 mi
- Valhalla · 19 mi
- Port Chester · 20 mi
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