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Still Pond Preserve

Still Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Still Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Silvermine Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Canaan Audubon Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.15470, -73.46491

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Borglum Road Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Comstock Hill Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Browning Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
  • Hoyts Swamp: 1.6 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 2.6 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 8.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 8.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Earthplace: 4.4 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.5 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 6.2 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.4 mi
  • Weir House: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 4.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 2.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 2.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Still Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 358°234 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillN 351°228 m8.9 mi
Branchville HillN 360°225 m7.6 mi
Biddle HillN 357°223 m8.0 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 19°211 m8.1 mi
Becks HillNNW 330°208 m5.5 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 21°204 m8.8 mi
Indian HillWNW 293°201 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43398657

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