Nature reserve · Connecticut
Barnes Nature Center Preserve
Barnes Nature Center Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Environmental Learning Centers
How to reach it
Coordinates41.71636, -72.93925
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Seymour Park: 0.2 mi
- Barnes Field: 1.6 mi
- Kern Park: 2.1 mi
- Page Park: 2.3 mi
- Malerbo Rec Complex: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Pigeon Hill Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Pigeon Hill Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Hart Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Hope: 1.7 mi
- Chippens Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
- Whigville Falls: 1.5 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 4.5 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 4.6 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 4.9 mi
Attractions
- Lamothe Sugar House: 1.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 1.8 mi
- Tory's Den: 3.1 mi
- 1780s dam site: 4.0 mi
- Kettles: 4.2 mi
Museums
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 2.5 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 2.8 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 3.1 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.1 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.2 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 3.2 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.2 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 52
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.1 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 10.3 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 44
- Home: 8.8 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 10.6 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 11.3 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 11.4 mi
- Painted Cow: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Petro Cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Ravens Roost: 2.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 5.6 mi
- Green Wall: 5.6 mi
- South Wall: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 10
- Boating Side: 7.7 mi
- Waterfront: 7.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 14.4 mi
Springs: 4
- Hermit spring: 12.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 15.5 mi
- Big Spring: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Southington Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Dudley Town: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Barnes Nature Center Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | NW 321° | 360 m | 8.5 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | NW 313° | 354 m | 3.8 mi |
| Scoville Hill | WNW 290° | 340 m | 8.5 mi |
| South Mountain | S 185° | 313 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 192° | 312 m | 6.6 mi |
| Lattin Hill | WSW 256° | 310 m | 9.0 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | NNW 339° | 310 m | 9.1 mi |
| Harmony Hill | NW 312° | 304 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1109163738
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 24 mi
- Longmeadow · 29 mi
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