Old Quarry Nature Center

Old Quarry Nature Center is a nature reserve in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Old Quarry Nature Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Main Street Historic District, as well as near Wooster Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hearthstone Castle and Danbury station.

Hearthstone Castle

Castle

Photo: Svmrs007, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hearthstone Castle in Danbury, Connecticut, was built between 1895 and 1899. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It has also been known as Parks' Castle and as The Castle.

Danbury station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danbury station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Danbury, Connecticut. The station is the northern terminus of the Danbury Branch.

Danbury Museum and Historical Society

Museum

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a museum located in Danbury, Connecticut, the purpose of which is to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the heritage of the Greater Danbury area for education, information, and research.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Danbury and Bethel.

Danbury

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danbury - nicknamed Hat City - is a city in the interior of Fairfield County, Connecticut, making it part of the Litchfield Hills region.

Bethel

Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.

Bethel is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 20,358. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town includes the Bethel Census-Designated Place.

Miry Brook

Village

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Miry Brook is an unincorporated area in the City of Danbury in Fairfield County, Connecticut. It is located in the western part of the city, bordering Mill Plain to the north and west at Lake Kenosia and the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, to the southwest.

Old Quarry Nature Center

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

41.3774° or 41° 22′ 39″ north

Longitude

-73.4349° or 73° 26′ 6″ west

Open location code

87H89HG8+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43435680

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Rogers Park Pond and Town Hill.

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