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Four Winds Farm

Four Winds Farm from directly overhead

Four Winds Farm is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Lantern Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Four Winds Farm Conservation Development
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.16987, -73.39831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Old Lantern Drive Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Westport Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Westport Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Cranbury Park: 0.6 mi
  • Field Street Nature Area: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 6.8 mi
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Haskins House: 3.6 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 57
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.1 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 10.9 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.0 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Earthplace: 1.8 mi
  • Weir House: 6.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.4 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 7.5 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • The Meadow: 8.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Four Winds Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillNNW 332°225 m7.5 mi
Goodsell HillN 353°211 m6.7 mi
Becks HillWNW 301°208 m7.2 mi
Huckleberry HillN 357°204 m7.2 mi
Nod HillNNW 334°199 m7.0 mi
Nod HIllNNW 334°197 m7.0 mi
Cedar MountainNNW 341°191 m7.7 mi
Gilbert HillN 350°186 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398707

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