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Burton Property

Burton Property from directly overhead

Burton Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Burton Memorial Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.3 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ledyard

How to reach it

Coordinates41.43392, -71.98907

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Model Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sawmill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Old Mystic Playground: 3.3 mi
  • Pfizer Field: 3.5 mi
  • Fieldcrest Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 49
Artworks: 25
  • Stone Turtle: 2.7 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 4.5 mi
  • Mjolnir: 4.5 mi
  • Penguin: 4.6 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 19
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 20.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Burton Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNNE 31°163 m5.1 mi
Barns HillNE 42°155 m5.6 mi
Stewart HillENE 61°149 m6.3 mi
Ayer HillNNE 26°144 m3.7 mi
Wintechog HillENE 61°139 m3.8 mi
Cossaduck HillENE 60°139 m5.2 mi
Crandall HillW 281°137 m7.3 mi
Swantown HillNE 50°132 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440405

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