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Welwyn Preserve

Welwyn Preserve from directly overhead

Welwyn Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88573, -73.63899

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
  • Creative Blindness: 0.2 mi
  • Lion: 1.3 mi
  • Lion: 1.3 mi
  • Four Seasons: 1.5 mi
  • Dance Studio: 1.6 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Beaches
Parks
  • Matinecock Rod & Gun Club: 0.4 mi
  • Joe Stanco Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pryibil Beach Park: 1.2 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 7.2 mi
  • South Ridge: 8.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 38
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 6.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Farms Falls: 16.6 mi
  • The Loch: 17.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.2 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Welwyn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 337°216 m19.8 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 330°211 m17.9 mi
Mount NeboNW 307°208 m18.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 336°180 m16.6 mi
Round HillN 353°172 m15.2 mi
Cooney HillNNW 342°170 m15.6 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 334°156 m14.0 mi
Prospect HillNNW 328°148 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 11 mi away.

  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab37 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly33 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab23 obs
  • Canada Goose21 obs
  • winged euonymus20 obs
  • Japanese knotweed18 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 obs
  • rugosa rose17 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/444754498

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