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Constance Baker Motley Preserve

Constance Baker Motley Preserve from directly overhead

Constance Baker Motley Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch, a park 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chester Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41092, -72.51310

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
  • Killingworth Recreational Park: 1.5 mi
  • North Quarter Park: 3.6 mi
  • Eagle Landing State Park: 3.6 mi
  • Irene Sheldon Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Collier's Hut Remains: 1.1 mi
  • Killingworth's World War Heroes: 4.3 mi
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.4 mi
  • Bill Wheeler: 6.1 mi
  • Charlie Cotttrell: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 53
  • Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 9.7 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 46
Attractions: 37
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 3.5 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 4.2 mi
  • Stone Table: 5.0 mi
  • Bible Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Constance Baker Motley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillNW 309°201 m3.5 mi
Chestnut MountainNW 320°186 m8.5 mi
Tater HillENE 67°179 m8.6 mi
Bald HillNE 54°167 m6.1 mi
Long HillN 8°154 m2.4 mi
Bunker HillWNW 283°153 m6.1 mi
Turkey HillN 5°140 m1.6 mi
Turkey HillENE 60°138 m0.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/993356851

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