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Brooke Preserve

Brooke Preserve from directly overhead

Brooke Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Kolstad Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47218, -72.89178

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 1.2 mi
  • Gaylord Fields: 1.7 mi
  • The Church Green: 1.9 mi
  • Town Open Space (Schoolhouse Rd.& Algonquin Drive): 2.0 mi
  • McNamara Field: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 8.8 mi
  • Winnett Food Forest: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Washington Trail monument: 8.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.3 mi
  • 1954: 9.6 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 52
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.8 mi
  • Pond View: 20.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Brooke Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNE 22°301 m6.7 mi
Southington MountainNNW 342°281 m9.3 mi
East PeakNNE 26°277 m6.5 mi
Higby MountainNE 55°272 m9.5 mi
Mount SanfordWSW 256°263 m3.0 mi
Turkey HillWNW 302°263 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillWNW 295°260 m5.0 mi
Hopkins HillW 280°259 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1193422350

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