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Alba Pavan Preserve

Alba Pavan Preserve from directly overhead

Alba Pavan Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Hill Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74092, -72.55195

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.9 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 2.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 2.9 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.6 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 4.1 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.3 mi
  • South Wall: 12.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Alba Pavan Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 58°284 m10.0 mi
Reed HillNE 47°275 m10.6 mi
MannantuckESE 119°273 m4.6 mi
John Tom HillESE 118°272 m4.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 176°265 m7.7 mi
Box HillNE 50°252 m6.6 mi
Clark HillS 172°241 m10.2 mi
Lookout MountainENE 74°237 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/788316955

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