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Ayers Preserve

Ayers Preserve from directly overhead

Ayers Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the east-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammond Mill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
East Haddam Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44777, -72.33562

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Millington Green: 2.8 mi
  • Hamburg Fair: 4.2 mi
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
  • Norwich Pond Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
  • Uncas Lake Boat Launch: 5.2 mi
Museums
Beaches: 60
Waterfalls: 45
  • Cascade: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 2.2 mi
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 43
Gardens: 34
  • Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 12.6 mi
  • Sprout Garden: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 26
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Windham Spring: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Ayers Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillENE 78°182 m7.0 mi
Tater HillWNW 303°179 m1.6 mi
Buckley HillN 354°176 m7.1 mi
Long HillN 0°175 m4.5 mi
Maynard HillENE 78°174 m5.0 mi
Cockle HillNE 35°171 m5.3 mi
Forsyth HillENE 70°171 m6.2 mi
Bald HillWNW 283°167 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1315:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1209111910

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