Sunny Valley Preserve- Wolfpit Mt. Tract
Sunny Valley Preserve- Wolfpit Mt. Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Branch Hill stands 370 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Pit Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
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What to expect
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Pit Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.2 mi
- Second Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.9 mi
- Town Hill: 2.2 mi
- Clatter Valley Park: 0.5 mi
- Harrybrooke Park: 1.3 mi
- Addis Park: 1.3 mi
- Willow Springs Playground: 1.7 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 2.8 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 5.9 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 5.9 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 6.5 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.7 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 6.8 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 1.2 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 6.0 mi
- Northrop House: 6.1 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 7.6 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.6 mi
- New Preston Falls: 9.6 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.4 mi
- Personal Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Judea Garden: 10.3 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.4 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 11.4 mi
- New Milford Tank: 2.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 3.3 mi
- Indian village: 6.0 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 9.9 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 11.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 5.0 mi
- North Beach: 5.2 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 5.3 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 5.6 mi
- South Beach: 5.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 0.7 mi
- Kelly Slide: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 7.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 9.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 6.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 8.7 mi
- greek letter pi: 9.2 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 11.7 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 16.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.4 mi
- Pond View: 17.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.7 mi
- Dicktown: 20.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 11.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Sunny Valley Preserve- Wolfpit Mt. Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Hill | WNW 288° | 370 m | 7.5 mi |
| Turner Mountain | WNW 295° | 362 m | 7.2 mi |
| Beaver Bog Mountain | WSW 246° | 358 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wanzer Mountain | W 263° | 346 m | 5.3 mi |
| Painter Hill | NE 52° | 324 m | 6.7 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NNE 22° | 324 m | 6.9 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | WNW 286° | 323 m | 3.3 mi |
| Briggs Hill | WNW 282° | 323 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43436444
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- Putnam County · 20 mi
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