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Cathedral Pines Preserve

Cathedral Pines Preserve from directly overhead

Cathedral Pines Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the southeast, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cornwall Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83660, -73.32691
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls: 54
Museums: 40
Historic sites: 38
Attractions: 35
  • Gagarin Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 8.6 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 8.8 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 10.2 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 11
  • Judea Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 10.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Artworks: 6
  • Jean Widmark: 18.7 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 24.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 24.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 24.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 24.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Cathedral Pines Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainSE 124°513 m1.9 mi
Ivy MountainENE 65°504 m5.9 mi
The PinnacleSE 134°502 m1.5 mi
Red MountainENE 68°499 m2.0 mi
Sedgwick MountainNE 45°495 m3.6 mi
Brass MountainENE 70°491 m4.9 mi
Bartholomew HillENE 71°484 m2.6 mi
Howe MountainNNE 16°473 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440968

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