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Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary

Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary from directly overhead

Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Nimham Mount stands 388 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sporn Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bedford Audubon Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.34358, -73.61790

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Joe Bohrdrum Field Park: 1.8 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 3.5 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Park: 3.6 mi
  • Bailey Park: 3.7 mi
  • Wells Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 5.6 mi
  • Old stone wall: 5.8 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 6.0 mi
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 6.3 mi
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 6.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 43
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 7.3 mi
  • South Beach: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 14
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 6.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 15.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nimham MountNW 326°388 m9.9 mi
Moose HillWNW 303°330 m10.3 mi
Titicus MountainNE 38°313 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainE 86°304 m6.8 mi
Bailey MountainESE 122°299.314 m4.1 mi
Browns MountainNNE 18°299 m9.7 mi
Moses MountainE 82°296 m8.0 mi
Senior HillWNW 285°292 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1266351557

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