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Alcorn Preserve

Alcorn Preserve from directly overhead

Alcorn Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Suffield Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.00643, -72.72447

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.2 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.0 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.6 mi
Museums
Gardens: 58
  • Front Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.7 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 7.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 8.5 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 8.5 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 47
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 4.3 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 4.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 4.3 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 6.1 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Lost Acres Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 15.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 16.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 16.0 mi
  • Indian Leap: 16.2 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.5 mi
  • Rd: 13.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Alcorn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainNW 309°446 m10.9 mi
Pine MountainWSW 257°421 m10.8 mi
Holden HillNW 306°412 m10.8 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 291°403 m9.8 mi
Washington HillWSW 250°359 m10.4 mi
South MountainWNW 289°357 m8.0 mi
Drake MountainNW 319°350 m8.9 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 304°347 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1080401781

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