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Weir Farm

Weir Farm from directly overhead

Weir Farm is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Weir House, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.25775, -73.45680

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Compo Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Marvin Beach: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Sheep Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Annunaki: 6.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 23
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.7 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 2.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Weir Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 346°304 m6.7 mi
Bailey MountainNW 307°299.314 m6.2 mi
Moses MountainN 356°296 m7.1 mi
Barlow MountainNNW 336°290 m5.2 mi
West MountainNW 312°285 m4.8 mi
Ned MountainNNW 332°284 m7.0 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 329°283 m5.8 mi
Titicus MountainNW 309°281 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

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, 8 mi away.

  • Green Frog54 obs
  • Wood Frog44 obs
  • striped wintergreen44 obs
  • Spotted Salamander43 obs
  • Eastern Newt42 obs
  • Christmas fern41 obs
  • Ghost Pipe39 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage38 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/68519508

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