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Lawther Preserve

Lawther Preserve from directly overhead

Lawther Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the north-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Carolin's Grove, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Pound Ridge
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.21053, -73.57884

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pound Ridge Town Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sach's Park: 0.9 mi
  • Dorothy Heroy Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bedford Village Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Onatru Farm Town Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 2.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.1 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 11.4 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 12.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Weed Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Cummings Park Beach: 12.2 mi
  • West Beach: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 29
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 14
  • Farms Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Pell Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 3.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 6.1 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 17.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Lawther Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNNE 12°299.314 m7.2 mi
Barlow MountainNNE 28°290 m9.0 mi
West MountainNNE 23°285 m7.0 mi
Seth Low MountainNNE 22°283 m8.9 mi
Titicus MountainN 6°281 m7.7 mi
Ivy HillNE 48°234 m7.6 mi
Mount AspetongWNW 289°229 m3.7 mi
Prospect HillNE 42°228 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1425649585

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