Axelrod Preserve
Axelrod Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Haddam Land Trust
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 29.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.1 mi
- Nichols Field: 0.2 mi
- Connor's Way: 0.8 mi
- East Haddam Town Beach: 0.9 mi
- Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
- Dombroski-Meadow Brook Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Town Beach Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Moodus Sportsmen's Club: 0.9 mi
- Pickerel Lake: 0.9 mi
- Snell-Talbot Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Cave Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.8 mi
- Landing Hill: 3.9 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 4.0 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 4.0 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.4 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 5.8 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 6.2 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 5.5 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Museum: 6.1 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 11.8 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 12.0 mi
- First Tear: 13.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 15.0 mi
- Moodus Falls: 0.4 mi
- Tartia Falls: 3.2 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Gingers Garden: 3.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 11.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.2 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 16.4 mi
- Middle Beach: 16.5 mi
- Stannard Beach: 16.5 mi
- Chalker Beach: 16.5 mi
- Mill Turbine: 0.6 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 4.2 mi
- Devil's Oven: 5.1 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 6.2 mi
- Historic Ferry: 6.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 9.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 16.0 mi
- Crow Point: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 2.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.4 mi
- Old Spring: 23.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 19.3 mi
- Powder House: 19.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Axelrod Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NW 315° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NW 315° | 228 m | 9.1 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 303° | 222 m | 8.2 mi |
| Baker Hill | NW 325° | 204 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | SW 236° | 201 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 273° | 199 m | 8.8 mi |
| Carter Hill | NNW 343° | 192 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tater Hill | SE 141° | 179 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1209157065
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 6 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Montville · 14 mi
- East Lyme · 15 mi
- Old Lyme · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 16 mi
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