West Briggs Hill Preserve
West Briggs Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 334 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Branch Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Branch Hill: 0.9 mi
- Turner Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Briggs Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mizzen Top: 1.8 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mallory Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancey: 1.5 mi
- Hubbell Mountain Farm: 1.8 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: 1.8 mi
- Irene's Woods Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Colonial Park: 1.0 mi
- Sherman Town Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Lynn Deming Park: 3.9 mi
- Sega Meadows Park: 4.0 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 2.6 mi
- Jim Hulton: 4.5 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 8.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 11.2 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 11.9 mi
- Northrop House: 1.1 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 5.5 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 10.3 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 11.4 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 2.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascades: 8.6 mi
- New Preston Falls: 11.1 mi
- Personal Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 12.3 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.3 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 13.3 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 15.9 mi
- New Milford Tank: 5.4 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 5.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 9.3 mi
- Indian village: 10.3 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 12.5 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 1.2 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 1.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.0 mi
- North Beach: 6.4 mi
- South Beach: 6.8 mi
- Kelly Slide: 3.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.6 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.1 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 12.7 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 14.5 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 20.2 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 20.3 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.5 mi
- Pell Hill: 21.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 22.4 mi
- Pond View: 22.5 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Dicktown: 14.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 7.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of West Briggs Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Hill | NW 317° | 405 m | 2.0 mi |
| Birch Hill | SW 215° | 386 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | SSW 210° | 376 m | 5.0 mi |
| West Mountain | WNW 299° | 373 m | 6.3 mi |
| Branch Hill | WNW 295° | 370 m | 0.9 mi |
| Seeley Hill | NW 324° | 368 m | 2.4 mi |
| Turner Mountain | N 349° | 362 m | 1.2 mi |
| West Mountain | WNW 294° | 360 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1147492858
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 15 mi
- Cold Spring · 25 mi
- Highlands · 28 mi
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