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Spring Lake Road

Spring Lake Road from directly overhead

Spring Lake Road is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Dennis Hill stands 416 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Meadows, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Naromi Land Trust, Inc.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59969, -73.51356

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 1.3 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.9 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 5.9 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 9.7 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 12.1 mi
Parks
Museums: 43
Gardens: 28
  • Personal Gardens: 7.6 mi
  • Judea Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 15.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 15.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 16
  • Jean Widmark: 12.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 13.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 16.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Spring Lake Road. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dennis HillWNW 303°416 m7.0 mi
Observatory HillWSW 240°405 m1.6 mi
Schaghticoke MountainN 356°404 m6.0 mi
West MountainNW 310°392 m6.7 mi
Bear HillNE 55°390 m7.1 mi
Birch HillSSW 203°386 m5.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 309°386 m6.6 mi
Cranberry MountainSSW 201°376 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439679

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