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Beaver Brook Tract

Beaver Brook Tract from directly overhead

Beaver Brook Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Idlewild Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
East Lyme Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41110, -72.27978

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Powers Lake Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Norwich Pond Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
  • Uncas Lake Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
  • Rogers Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions: 42
Waterfalls: 40
  • Silver Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 9.1 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Sprout Garden: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 26
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Beaver Brook Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillNE 45°182 m5.6 mi
Tater HillNW 309°179 m5.4 mi
Maynard HillNNE 29°174 m4.1 mi
Forsyth HillNNE 32°171 m5.5 mi
Cockle HillN 1°171 m6.9 mi
Dolbeare HillNE 53°162 m6.4 mi
Sharp HillENE 67°149 m7.2 mi
Ladd HillNNE 20°148 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
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 °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1210568685

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