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Camp Alice Merritt

Camp Alice Merritt from directly overhead

Camp Alice Merritt is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartland Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 14 miles off.

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Town of Hartland
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98834, -72.89911

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • John R. Bierman: 1.9 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 5.6 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 6.1 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 9.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks: 52
  • Bike Sculpture: 10.6 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 10.9 mi
  • The Globe: 11.3 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 11.8 mi
  • Epiphany: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Southwick Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 11.0 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 46
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 1.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Indian Council Caves: 3.1 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.2 mi
  • state boundary marker: 3.4 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 6.0 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Winsted Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 10.3 mi
  • Acorn Face: 10.3 mi
  • The Beech: 10.3 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 10.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 11.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Camp Alice Merritt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillNNW 348°448 m7.1 mi
Sweetman MountainN 4°446 m8.2 mi
Johnson HillNW 305°439 m6.3 mi
Burgess MountainWNW 303°438 m9.3 mi
Hunting HillNW 310°432 m7.4 mi
Beecher HillWNW 290°430 m6.4 mi
Beech HillWNW 285°429 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillNNW 345°425 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435806

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