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Braemore Preserve

Braemore Preserve from directly overhead

Braemore Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyerhuber Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Guilford

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42264, -72.68455

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 57
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 38
  • Selectmen's Stones: 0.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 1.4 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 3.5 mi
  • Bear Cave: 3.7 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Braemore Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainNNW 342°272 m9.4 mi
TrimountainNW 314°232 m3.7 mi
Fowler MountainWNW 296°230 m3.2 mi
Beseck MountainNNW 333°219 m7.0 mi
Pistapaug MountainWNW 283°210 m2.8 mi
Camels HumpNNW 340°207 m8.8 mi
Goose HillENE 77°201 m6.3 mi
Bear HillNE 35°199 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/836237689

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