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Weir Preserve Easement

Weir Preserve Easement from directly overhead

Weir Preserve Easement is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Weir Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.25111, -73.46253

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Marvin Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Compo Beach: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Annunaki: 6.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 19
  • Sheep Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Cascade: 1.1 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • The Meadow: 9.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 2.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainN 349°304 m7.0 mi
Bailey MountainNW 312°299.314 m6.2 mi
Barlow MountainNNW 340°290 m5.5 mi
West MountainNW 318°285 m5.0 mi
Ned MountainNNW 336°284 m7.3 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 334°283 m6.0 mi
Titicus MountainNW 313°281 m7.1 mi
Wooster MountainN 354°275 m6.7 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4416:29

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398977

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