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Weir Preserve

Weir Preserve from directly overhead

Weir Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24645, -73.45838

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Compo Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Marvin Beach: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Annunaki: 6.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 19
  • Sheep Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Cascade: 0.7 mi
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.7 mi
  • The Meadow: 9.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 2.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Weir Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 348°304 m7.4 mi
Bailey MountainNW 313°299.314 m6.6 mi
Barlow MountainNNW 339°290 m5.9 mi
West MountainNW 318°285 m5.3 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 333°283 m6.4 mi
Wooster MountainN 352°275 m7.1 mi
Bogus MountainNNE 13°254 m7.3 mi
Ivy HillNNW 346°234 m2.7 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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399158

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