Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary

Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary is a nature reserve in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hunting Ridge, as well as near Scofieldtown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glass House and Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

Glass House

Museum

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Glass House is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It was built in 1948–49 by the architect Philip Johnson, who designed the home as his weekend retreat.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Park

Photo: Koulighan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, located in Stamford, Connecticut, is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences museum. The property covers 118 acres beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway.

Turn-of-River Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Turn-of-River Bridge, also known as Old North Stamford Road Bridge, is a single-span lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Canaan and North Stamford.

New Canaan

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

New Canaan is a town in Connecticut. The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. In 2008, CNN Money ranked New Canaan first in the nation with the highest median family income.

North Stamford

Suburb

North Stamford is an affluent section of Stamford, Connecticut, United States, north of the Merritt Parkway. Mostly woody and hilly, it is the least densely populated, and highest income section of the city, with a 2021 median household income in excess of $250,000.

Long Ridge Village Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Long Ridge Village Historic District is a historic district in the city of Stamford, Connecticut. The district, located in rural northern Stamford near the border with New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Chestnut Hill Bird Sancuary

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.1303° or 41° 7′ 49″ north

Longitude

-73.5671° or 73° 34′ 2″ west

Open location code

87H84CJM+44

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43398448

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hunting Ridge and Scofieldtown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abandoned Pool Club and Chestnut Hill Park.

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