Ben's Homestead
Ben's Homestead is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Pool Memorial, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Cheshire
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Thomas Pool Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Puchalski Property: 0.6 mi
- Strathmore Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Briar Court & Salvadore Memorial Preserves: 0.7 mi
- Sylvan Lane Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Mixville Park: 1.2 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.6 mi
- Forger Park: 1.6 mi
- The Church Green: 1.7 mi
- Bartlem Park: 1.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 1.2 mi
- Peck Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 1.2 mi
- Cascade: 1.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 5.0 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 1.7 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 4.8 mi
- Red Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.7 mi
- South Quad: 6.1 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 3.0 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 5.8 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 6.2 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 6.6 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 7.8 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.9 mi
- Maori Head: 6.3 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 6.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 6.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 11.7 mi
- Libby's Lump: 8.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.0 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 10.7 mi
- 1954: 10.7 mi
- Millstone: 12.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 4.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.4 mi
- Boating Side: 10.7 mi
- Waterfront: 10.7 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 14.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.8 mi
- Pond View: 20.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 20.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 20.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Ben's Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsley Hill | N 349° | 312 m | 8.6 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NNW 335° | 303 m | 9.0 mi |
| West Peak | NE 47° | 301 m | 6.4 mi |
| Becar Hill | NNW 342° | 297 m | 8.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | N 358° | 290 m | 9.1 mi |
| Southington Mountain | N 354° | 281 m | 6.9 mi |
| East Peak | NE 52° | 277 m | 6.4 mi |
| Andrews Hill | W 262° | 275 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440855
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- Essex · 30 mi
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