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The Corner

The Corner from directly overhead

The Corner is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lonetown Marsh Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.30333, -73.38297

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Memorial Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 2.7 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.2 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.2 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 5.3 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 6.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.4 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 2.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 21
  • 3-town marker: 2.1 mi
  • Weir House: 5.0 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Pond View: 7.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of The Corner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 301°304 m6.4 mi
Cranson PeakNNE 30°303 m4.7 mi
Moses MountainNW 312°296 m5.8 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 285°290 m6.2 mi
Thomas MountainNW 319°286 m5.8 mi
Seth Low MountainWNW 285°283 m7.0 mi
Wooster MountainWNW 302°275 m5.8 mi
Spruce MountainNW 308°272 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435421

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