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De Vegvar Preserve

De Vegvar Preserve from directly overhead

De Vegvar Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Milbank, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greenwich Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.11969, -73.67214

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Founders Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Birch Grove: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Lombardi Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wampus Brook Park: 2.2 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 2.4 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 4.4 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 3.1 mi
  • NRHP Plaque: 4.1 mi
  • 1BCG: 4.2 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 4.5 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 5.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 6.5 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 7.4 mi
  • José Martí: 7.8 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.2 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 8.3 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 56
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 11
  • The Meadow: 6.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Cascade: 14.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Cascade: 16.5 mi
  • The Falls: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of De Vegvar Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNW 324°253 m11.1 mi
French HillNNW 328°236 m12.0 mi
Mount AspetongN 10°229 m7.6 mi
Guard HillNNW 346°226 m6.1 mi
Fox HillNNE 25°223 m10.1 mi
Cat HillNNW 331°221 m10.8 mi
Chappaqua HillNW 305°219 m6.2 mi
Sarles HillWNW 289°216 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398475

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