Nature reserve · Connecticut

Bowers Preserve

Bowers Preserve from directly overhead

Bowers Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Shepherd's Nine, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

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Operated by: Middlesex Land Trust

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Coordinates41.57659, -72.56840

28.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Penfield Hill: 0.5 mi
Larson Hill: 0.6 mi
Great Hill: 0.7 mi
Gate Hill: 1.4 mi
Collins Hill: 1.4 mi

Waterfalls

Glen Falls: 0.6 mi
Shipyard Falls: 1.9 mi
Carr Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
The Cascade: 2.3 mi
Intermittent Waterfall: 4.0 mi

Parks

Cobolt Landing: 1.4 mi
Middle Haddam Historic District: 1.8 mi
Portland Recreational Complex: 2.2 mi
Bransfield Park: 2.4 mi
Oakwood Soccer Park: 2.7 mi

Historic sites

Portland Civil War Memorial: 3.1 mi
Lions Club Pavilion: 3.3 mi
Yellow Ribbon Tree: 3.4 mi
Soldiers Monument: 4.3 mi
9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi

Artworks

Face in Tree: 3.2 mi
Henry Clay Work Bust: 4.4 mi
First Tear: 5.4 mi
CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.1 mi
Frog: 11.1 mi

Museums

Portland Historical Society: 3.2 mi
Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 3.4 mi
Chatham Historical Society: 3.5 mi
Middlesex County Historical Society: 4.3 mi
Cromwell Historical Society: 4.4 mi

Gardens57

Memorial Peace Garden: 3.3 mi
Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
Erin Street Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Cromwell Community Garden: 6.6 mi
Gingers Garden: 7.0 mi

Attractions54

Nathan Hall Quarry: 1.9 mi
State Forest Quarry #1: 1.9 mi
grindstone: 3.9 mi
Pumpkintown USA: 4.0 mi
Come On Over Wall: 4.1 mi

Beaches31

Cliffs20

Crow Point: 9.4 mi
Bluff Head: 13.2 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 13.3 mi
Pine Ledge: 14.2 mi
Flag Rock: 16.0 mi

Rest areas5

Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.2 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 13.6 mi
Southington Rest Area: 17.4 mi
Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.0 mi
Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Johnsonville Village: 7.9 mi
Gay City State Park: 12.3 mi

Springs2

Windham Spring: 21.6 mi
Cold Spring: 24.7 mi

Lighthouses1

Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Bowers Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Meshomasic Mountain	NNE 20°	265 m	3.9 mi
Clark Hill	ENE 60°	241 m	2.5 mi
Raccoon Hill	NNE 26°	228 m	2.6 mi
Great Hill	ENE 70°	222 m	0.7 mi
Clark Hill	N 3°	206 m	4.5 mi
Baker Hill	E 80°	204 m	4.2 mi
Bear Hill	SSW 198°	199 m	3.9 mi
Carter Hill	ENE 57°	192 m	6.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:55	18:26	19:03
June solstice	05:17	19:47	20:29
September equinox	06:38	18:13	18:49
December solstice	07:14	15:39	16:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	31	39	50	61	70	75	74	66	54	43	34
Precip in	2.9	2.6	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.5	4.0	4.2	3.4	3.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/971168168

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