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Darling-Hilles Forest Or Ensign Memorial Forest

Darling-Hilles Forest Or Ensign Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Darling-Hilles Forest Or Ensign Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.86884, -72.82727
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
  • Bushy Hill: 1.6 mi
  • The Hedgehog: 2.0 mi
  • The Sugarloaf: 2.0 mi
  • Williams Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Onion Mountain: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 2.5 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.2 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 4.5 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 5.1 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.5 mi
  • Cow: 6.6 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 7.3 mi
  • Painted Cow: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 54
Gardens: 51
  • Perennial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 6.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 12
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 11.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Darling-Hilles Forest Or Ensign Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 324°421 m8.8 mi
Washington HillNW 323°359 m7.4 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 285°358 m5.4 mi
West HillW 272°328 m10.0 mi
Breezy HillW 274°327 m5.8 mi
Pine ConeNNW 338°323 m6.0 mi
Ragged MountainWNW 297°311 m9.2 mi
Yellow MountainWSW 257°310 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/138789973

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