Cole Preserve
Cole Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Holzer Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyndham Land Trust
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holzer Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Aicher Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Richmond Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Peake Brook Road Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Harvey Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Pomfret Green: 1.1 mi
- Beeches Recreation Park: 1.7 mi
- John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bartholomew Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pomfret Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hospital Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 5.0 mi
- Pineville Mill: 5.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 3.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.8 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 14.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 15.3 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 3.8 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.0 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 14.7 mi
- Motion: 13.7 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 16.7 mi
- U’s and C’s: 16.7 mi
- Copper Tower: 16.8 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 17.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 8.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 13.2 mi
- Wescott Beach: 13.3 mi
- YWCA Beach: 15.6 mi
- Flynns Beach: 15.8 mi
- Cargill Falls: 2.1 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 12.9 mi
- Codfish Falls: 15.3 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 16.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Small House Garden: 15.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 15.6 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 16.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 17.1 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 12.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.8 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 21.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 3.7 mi
- Picnic: 10.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Cole Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | NW 312° | 283 m | 4.7 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | NW 312° | 281 m | 5.5 mi |
| Aplin Hill | NW 307° | 276 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bungee Hill | NW 304° | 269 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bradford Hill | NW 310° | 267 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ragged Hill | W 263° | 265 m | 4.1 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | W 276° | 265 m | 4.4 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NW 308° | 265 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/952493661
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