- Elevation, modelled
- 2 m
- Tallest summit within 10.8 miles
- Tashua Hill179 m · 7.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway2.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.1512, -73.2736
Sturges Ponds Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 2 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Hollow Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Sturges Ponds Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tashua Hill | N 9° | 179 m | 7.6 mi |
| Round Hill | N 356° | 170 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hirams Hill | N 3° | 167 m | 10.1 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 291° | 164 m | 10.5 mi |
| Booth Hill | NNE 27° | 160 m | 10.0 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNW 333° | 159 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sport Hill | N 3° | 154 m | 6.2 mi |
| Flirt Hill | NNW 338° | 148 m | 7.6 mi |
- 2.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
- 26.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Mill Hollow Park: 0.2 mi
- Birchbrook Park: 0.4 mi
- L. A. Sturges Park: 0.5 mi
- Mill Plain Green: 0.5 mi
- Ludlowe Road Community Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Old Fording Place: 0.3 mi
- Old Fording Place: 0.3 mi
- Perrys Millponds Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Palmers Neck Park: 0.8 mi
- Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Mill Hill: 0.4 mi
- Round Hill: 0.8 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.3 mi
- Osborne Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sasco Hill: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 0.9 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 1.5 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 4.6 mi
- Barnum Museum: 4.8 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
- Powder House - 1814: 1.0 mi
- Douglas James Perce: 1.2 mi
- Great Swamp Fight - 1637: 1.2 mi
- Roger Ludlow: 1.3 mi
- Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.9 mi
Beaches
- Sasco Hill Beach: 1.8 mi
- Penfield Beach: 2.0 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 2.0 mi
- Jennings Beach: 2.1 mi
- South Pine Creek Beach: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 55
- Heron: 7.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.5 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 10.3 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Devil's Glen Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Cascade: 10.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 20
- Burr Homestead: 1.3 mi
- Earthplace: 5.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.7 mi
- 3-town marker: 9.9 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
- Picnic Grove: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.5 mi
- Pond View: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Duck Island Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 16.5 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 16.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Tongue Point Light: 5.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 7.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 8.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 5.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.7 mi
Springs: 2
- The Silver Spring: 13.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 8 mi away.
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