Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Connecticut

Towner Hill Preserve

Towner Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Towner Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Towner Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.58579, -73.47645
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sherman Town Park: 1.4 mi
  • Colonial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sega Meadows Park: 1.6 mi
  • Little League Field: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 1.1 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.4 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 7.2 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.1 mi
Museums: 42
Waterfalls: 36
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Personal Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Judea Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 10.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 15.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 272°405 m3.4 mi
Schaghticoke MountainNNW 341°404 m7.3 mi
Bear HillNE 38°390 m6.4 mi
Birch HillSW 223°386 m6.1 mi
Cranberry MountainSW 218°376 m7.2 mi
Branch HillWSW 251°370 m2.9 mi
Seeley HillW 280°368 m3.5 mi
Turner MountainW 266°362 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1146844215

More nature reserves in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Towner Hill Preserve.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens