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Steeple Chase Conservation Area

Steeple Chase Conservation Area from directly overhead

Steeple Chase Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greenwich Audubon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.10885, -73.69574

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Round Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Cooney Hill: 2.0 mi
  • High Point: 2.5 mi
  • Reynolds Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Lombardi Park: 1.6 mi
  • Wampus Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 2.3 mi
  • Leitas Pond Park / Carroll Park: 4.1 mi
  • Nannahagen Park: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Founders Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Birch Grove: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Cliffs
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.6 mi
  • José Martí: 7.2 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.3 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.9 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 9.0 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 7.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 15.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 16.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Cascade: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Steeple Chase Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNNW 331°253 m11.0 mi
French HillNNW 335°236 m12.1 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 18°229 m8.6 mi
Guard HillN 358°226 m6.7 mi
Fox HillNNE 29°223 m11.3 mi
Cat HillNNW 338°221 m10.9 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 319°219 m5.8 mi
Sarles HillWNW 300°216 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398497

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