Samp Mortar Rock

Samp Mortar Rock is a nature reserve in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. Samp Mortar Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Murray, as well as near Tunxis Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairfield University and Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield.

Fairfield University

University

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Fairfield University is a private Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In the fall of 2024, the university had about 5,400 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students, including full-time and part-time students.

Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield

Nature reserve

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The Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary in the Greenfield Hill area of Fairfield, Connecticut. Constructed in 1971, the center features classrooms for environmental education programs, live animals on display, natural history exhibits, a nature library, a solar greenhouse and a gift shop.

Greenfield Hill Historic District

Park

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The Greenfield Hill Historic District encompasses the historic village area of the village of Greenfield Hill in northern Fairfield, Connecticut. The area was important from the mid-18th to 19th centuries as an intellectual center in the town, driven in part by Timothy Dwight, the Greenfield Hill Church minister and later president of Yale College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Rock and Fairfield.

Black Rock

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Black Rock is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It borders Fairfield and the Ash Creek tidal estuary on the west, the West Side/West End of Bridgeport on the north and east, and Black Rock Harbor and Long Island Sound on the south.

Fairfield

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Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut.

Bridgeport

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Bridgeport is a city in Connecticut. Bridgeport has beaches and parks, but the biggest attraction is the Klein Memorial Auditorium, a performing arts theater.

Samp Mortar Rock

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

41.1881° or 41° 11′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.2629° or 73° 15′ 47″ west

Open location code

87H85PQP+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43399863

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Murray and Tunxis Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mountain Laurel Park Open Space Area and Samp Mortar Reservoir Dam.

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