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Cran Preserve

Cran Preserve from directly overhead

Cran Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tow Path Acres, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.48369, -72.92077
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.4 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.4 mi
  • South Quad: 4.8 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.0 mi
  • Lyman Hall Monument: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Church Green: 1.4 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.0 mi
  • Forger Park: 2.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 51
Attractions: 49
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 9.7 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 9.9 mi
  • 1954: 10.5 mi
  • Millstone: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Pond View: 20.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Cran Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNE 36°301 m6.7 mi
Southington MountainN 350°281 m8.1 mi
East PeakNE 41°277 m6.7 mi
Andrews HillW 270°275 m8.8 mi
Mount SanfordSW 224°263 m2.1 mi
Turkey HillWNW 304°263 m4.9 mi
Prospect HillWNW 293°260 m3.3 mi
Hopkins HillW 273°259 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436717

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