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Brooksvale Preserve

Brooksvale Preserve from directly overhead

Brooksvale Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Carroll Woods, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.46914, -72.92130
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.6 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 3.5 mi
  • South Quad: 3.8 mi
  • Honor Hill Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Lyman Hall Monument: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 1.6 mi
  • The Church Green: 2.2 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Forger Park: 2.6 mi
  • Gaylord Fields: 3.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 52
Attractions: 48
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.9 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 9.6 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.9 mi
  • 1954: 11.0 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.1 mi
  • Pond View: 19.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNE 32°301 m7.6 mi
Southington MountainN 351°281 m9.1 mi
East PeakNE 36°277 m7.5 mi
Andrews HillW 277°275 m8.8 mi
Mount SanfordWSW 251°263 m1.5 mi
Turkey HillNW 313°263 m5.5 mi
Prospect HillNW 307°260 m3.8 mi
Hopkins HillWNW 285°259 m4.7 mi
Conditions

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 °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208938405

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