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Baldwin Outdoor Education Center

Baldwin Outdoor Education Center from directly overhead

Baldwin Outdoor Education Center is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is County Road Meadows, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.36318, -72.72240

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Guilford Town Park: 2.3 mi
  • Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Long Hill Park: 3.8 mi
  • Nut Plains Park: 4.1 mi
  • Swajchuk Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Abraham Baldwin: 2.6 mi
  • Charlie Cotttrell: 4.2 mi
  • Guilford Vietnam War Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Guilford Soldiers Monument: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 54
  • Stair Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 52
Attractions: 33
  • Bear Cave: 0.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 3.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 5.4 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Baldwin Outdoor Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainN 354°232 m6.7 mi
Fowler MountainN 350°230 m5.6 mi
Beseck MountainN 353°219 m10.5 mi
Pistapaug MountainN 351°210 m4.8 mi
Mount CarmelWNW 298°206 m9.9 mi
Goose HillNE 56°201 m9.8 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 24°196 m6.3 mi
Totoket MountainNW 316°176 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:28
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438844

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