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Arthur W Butler Memorial Sanctuary

Arthur W Butler Memorial Sanctuary from directly overhead

Arthur W Butler Memorial Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 224 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Merestead County Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
224 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancty
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18463, -73.69460

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Merestead County Park: 0.6 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 0.8 mi
  • Marsh Sanctuary Connector: 1.0 mi
  • Leonard Park: 1.5 mi
  • Clock Park: 2.4 mi
Gardens
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Founders Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Potting Garden: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 0.7 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 4.2 mi
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Guard Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Ray Hill: 3.2 mi
  • McKesson Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 3.9 mi
Museums
Cliffs
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 7.7 mi
  • River Arch: 9.3 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.0 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 12.0 mi
  • Current: 12.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 37
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 15.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Arthur W Butler Memorial Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNE 40°299.314 m11.5 mi
Turkey MountainNW 309°253 m7.0 mi
Dickerson MountainWNW 300°237 m10.3 mi
French HillNW 318°236 m7.7 mi
Mount AspetongNE 41°229 m3.9 mi
Guard HillNNW 347°226 m1.5 mi
Fox HillNE 49°223 m7.1 mi
Round TopN 358°222 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/479619939

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