Nature reserve · Connecticut
County Road Meadows
County Road Meadows is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Outdoor Education Center, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Guilford Land Conservation Trust
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates41.36132, -72.72719
- 20.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Baldwin Outdoor Education Center: 0.3 mi
- Meeting House Hill Meadows: 0.7 mi
- Branford River Headwaters: 1.1 mi
- Priscilla Otte Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive): 1.2 mi
Peaks
- West Sugarloaf: 1.0 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 1.0 mi
- Sea Hill: 1.7 mi
- Thunder Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Long Hill: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Guilford Town Park: 2.5 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Long Hill Park: 3.8 mi
- Swajchuk Park: 4.0 mi
- Nut Plains Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Abraham Baldwin: 2.8 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 4.5 mi
- Guilford Vietnam War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Guilford Soldiers Monument: 5.9 mi
Museums
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 6.0 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 6.0 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 6.4 mi
Beaches
- Shell Beach: 6.8 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 7.1 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 7.1 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 7.4 mi
- Daniel Ave. Beach: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 54
- Stair Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 9.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 52
- Wallingford Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 6.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 7.6 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 32
- Bear Cave: 1.1 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 4.1 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 5.0 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 5.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 22
- snake: 4.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.0 mi
- James Madison: 8.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 9.6 mi
- Turtle Statue: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 7.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Wallingford Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Cold Spring: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Johnsonville Village: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of County Road Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | N 356° | 232 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | N 353° | 230 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 355° | 219 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | N 354° | 210 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | WNW 300° | 206 m | 9.7 mi |
| Goose Hill | NE 56° | 201 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 25° | 196 m | 6.5 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NW 321° | 176 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1416646420
Day trips start here
- Essex · 17 mi
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 25 mi
- East Lyme · 26 mi
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