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Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation from directly overhead

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Richards Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
183 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24284, -73.59721

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 2.7 mi
  • Indian Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Long Pond Mountain: 4.2 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 1.1 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 1.6 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 3.1 mi
  • Old stone wall: 3.4 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 3.5 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Sach's Park: 1.6 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 2.2 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 2.3 mi
  • South Salem Fire Department Grounds: 2.7 mi
  • St John's Park: 2.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 40
  • Annunaki: 1.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 13.4 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 13.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 25
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • Sheep Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Farms Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 1.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNE 37°304 m9.4 mi
Bailey MountainNNE 26°299.314 m5.3 mi
Barlow MountainNE 42°290 m7.7 mi
West MountainNE 41°285 m5.6 mi
Ned MountainNNE 29°284 m8.3 mi
Seth Low MountainNE 36°283 m7.4 mi
Titicus MountainNNE 18°281 m5.7 mi
Wooster MountainNE 41°275 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/60914147

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