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Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve

Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve from directly overhead

Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Barlow Mountain stands 290 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Ridge Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.24056, -73.41765

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Quail Ridge Open Space: 0.2 mi
  • Mather Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Honey Hill Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Gregg Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Glendinning Easement: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 3.9 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.1 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 0.9 mi
  • Cascade: 1.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.0 mi
  • Heron: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 2.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 3.5 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.7 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 10.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barlow MountainNW 325°290 m7.3 mi
West MountainNW 308°285 m7.2 mi
Sunset HillNNE 23°253 m7.3 mi
Ivy HillNW 317°234 m4.1 mi
Prospect HillNW 306°228 m4.8 mi
Branchville HillNW 304°225 m3.0 mi
Biddle HillNW 305°223 m3.5 mi
Picketts RidgeNNW 343°221 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1442939229

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