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Brewer Drive Tot Lot

Brewer Drive Tot Lot from directly overhead

Brewer Drive Tot Lot is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Filley Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

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Coordinates41.83407, -72.74577
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 1.9 mi
  • Farm Tool: 2.1 mi
  • VW: 2.2 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 2.7 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 60
Museums
Waterfalls
Artworks: 57
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Cow: 2.0 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.6 mi
  • Painted Cow: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Perennial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Shade Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Primary Garden: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 15.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Brewer Drive Tot Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ratlum MountainWNW 292°358 m10.1 mi
Breezy HillWNW 286°327 m10.4 mi
Pine ConeNW 321°323 m10.2 mi
West LedgeWNW 304°305 m7.9 mi
Talcott MountainWSW 241°276 m3.1 mi
Taine MountainWSW 241°268 m10.0 mi
East HillW 279°261 m7.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 274°257 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441718

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