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Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc.

Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc. from directly overhead

Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc. is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornwall Historical Society, a museum 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cornwall Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates41.85360, -73.33104
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls: 53
Museums: 38
Attractions: 35
  • Town Hill Farm: 7.7 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 9.1 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 9.8 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 32
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 12
  • Judea Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.8 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 22.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.3 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Jean Widmark: 19.9 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 22.8 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 24.7 mi
  • Naked Lady: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainSE 142°513 m2.8 mi
Ivy MountainENE 77°504 m5.7 mi
The PinnacleSSE 150°502 m2.6 mi
Red MountainESE 102°499 m2.1 mi
Sedgwick MountainENE 63°495 m3.1 mi
Brass MountainE 84°491 m4.9 mi
Bartholomew HillE 97°484 m2.7 mi
Howe MountainNNE 23°473 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439915

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