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Town Meadows

Town Meadows from directly overhead

Town Meadows is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Dennis Hill stands 416 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Lake Road, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

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How to reach it

Coordinates41.59778, -73.50194

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 0.7 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.5 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.1 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 9.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 11.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
Museums: 42
Waterfalls: 32
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Personal Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Judea Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 15.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 15.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 14
  • Jean Widmark: 12.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 16.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Town Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dennis HillWNW 302°416 m7.5 mi
Observatory HillWSW 251°405 m2.1 mi
Schaghticoke MountainN 350°404 m6.2 mi
West MountainNW 308°392 m7.3 mi
Bear HillNE 52°390 m6.7 mi
Birch HillSSW 209°386 m6.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 307°386 m7.1 mi
Cranberry MountainSSW 206°376 m7.2 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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440893

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