Altschul Preserve

Altschul Preserve is a nature reserve in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Altschul Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Riverbank, as well as near the neighborhood Hunting Ridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Stamford Site and Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

Fort Stamford Site

Park

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The Fort Stamford Site, site of Fort Stamford, is a public park at 900 Westover Road in the Westover neighborhood of Stamford, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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

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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 North Stamford and Long Ridge Village Historic District.

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

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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.

Springdale

Suburb

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Springdale is a neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut. Located in the eastern portion of Stamford, close to the border of Darien and New Canaan, Springdale is noted for its "small town feel".

Altschul Preserve

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

41.1154° or 41° 6′ 56″ north

Longitude

-73.5899° or 73° 35′ 24″ west

Operator

The Nature Conservancy

Open location code

87H84C86+53

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43399722

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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