Colorado Drive Preserve
Colorado Drive Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is County Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northern Connecticut Land Trust
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- County Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Gulf Road Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Mountain View Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Somers Sportsmen's Association: 0.8 mi
- Whitaker Woods: 1.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.6 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Somers Common: 1.7 mi
- Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Olympic Park: 5.2 mi
- Olympic Circle: 5.2 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 1.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 6.7 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 7.9 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 7.9 mi
- sensory garden: 7.2 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 8.2 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Yertle Garden: 12.3 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.2 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 8.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 9.8 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 10.2 mi
- The Three Graces: 10.9 mi
- Horton Court: 12.3 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 12.3 mi
- The Storyteller: 12.3 mi
- Miles Morgan: 12.3 mi
- Goat Rock: 5.6 mi
- filled-in well: 10.4 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 11.2 mi
- Path Continues: 11.7 mi
- Path Continues: 11.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 8.1 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 11.6 mi
- Cascades: 13.4 mi
- Cascades: 13.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 10.4 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 13.6 mi
- Rd: 19.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
- Picnic: 17.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 17.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.7 mi
- Enfield: 23.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Colorado Drive Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ENE 77° | 396 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 53° | 379 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 93° | 371 m | 11.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | E 100° | 362 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NE 47° | 356 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | E 92° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ENE 64° | 352 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 63° | 347 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1344559742
Day trips start here
- Somers · 2 mi
- Hampden · 6 mi
- Tolland · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 9 mi
- Longmeadow · 10 mi
- Ludlow · 13 mi
Take the scenic way to Colorado Drive Preserve.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.