Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ravine Trail Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lyme Land Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 23.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ravine Trail Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Banningwood Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Selden Creek Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Roaring Brook Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Thach Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mitchell Hill: 1.1 mi
- Honey Hill: 1.2 mi
- Shippy Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lyme Highest Point: 1.7 mi
- Gillette Castle: 1.7 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.0 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 4.5 mi
- North Quarter Park: 2.6 mi
- Devitt Field: 3.1 mi
- Hamburg Fair: 3.1 mi
- Hubbard Field: 3.9 mi
- Municipal Triangle: 4.2 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 3.1 mi
- The Eagle: 3.2 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 3.2 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.4 mi
- Chalker Beach: 9.6 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 9.6 mi
- Chapman Beach: 9.7 mi
- Stannard Beach: 9.7 mi
- Middle Beach: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 2.9 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Historic Ferry: 1.9 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 2.2 mi
- tri-town marker: 4.9 mi
- Devil's Oven: 5.2 mi
- Stone Table: 5.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 13.3 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 13.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 9.1 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 9.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 11.4 mi
- James Madison: 14.2 mi
- snake: 14.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 2.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 6.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.1 mi
- Powder House: 15.2 mi
- Old Spring: 21.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | NNE 32° | 179 m | 3.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NNE 26° | 175 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 341° | 167 m | 3.4 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 290° | 154 m | 6.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 282° | 140 m | 6.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 271° | 138 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Archer | ESE 113° | 136 m | 2.2 mi |
| Dolbia Hill | NE 51° | 134 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/589877416
Day trips start here
- Essex · 4 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- Old Saybrook · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Montville · 13 mi
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