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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 62 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north, 11 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.

The Nature Conservancy Still Pond (easement)

Visiting

What to expect

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The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates41.06649, -73.61105

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 2.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 3.1 mi
  • Samford Sign: 3.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 3.8 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 3.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
  • East Woodland Walk: 4.7 mi
  • Holly Grove: 4.7 mi
  • South Lake Walk: 4.8 mi
  • Birch Grove: 4.8 mi
  • Grass Garden: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • The Meadow: 5.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Raven's Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Castle Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.4 mi
  • Northwest Bluff: 11.5 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Cascade: 16.5 mi
  • The Falls: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 7.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 7.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Still Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongN 351°229 m11.3 mi
Guard HillNNW 334°226 m10.7 mi
Fox HillN 5°223 m12.9 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 311°219 m11.0 mi
Sarles HillWNW 302°216 m10.9 mi
McKesson HillNW 315°213 m11.6 mi
Buttermilk HillWNW 286°211 m10.8 mi
Becks HillNNE 24°208 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398590

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