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Ewen Farm Preserve

Ewen Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Ewen Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wright's Pond open space, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Orange
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.28730, -73.01691

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Witek Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 3.7 mi
  • The Vine Sign: 3.7 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 52
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 2.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 3.6 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Cascade: 1.3 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 20
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 1.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.9 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 8.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.9 mi
  • Millstone: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Pond View: 11.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 1.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 1.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Ewen Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNW 326°231 m9.5 mi
High RockNNE 24°216 m9.4 mi
Great HillNW 315°202 m7.4 mi
Barn HillWNW 294°200 m9.6 mi
Rock RimmonNNW 347°199 m9.9 mi
Meeting House HillN 7°193 m9.7 mi
Israel HillWNW 289°192 m9.0 mi
Rockhouse HillNW 317°192 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1212052561

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