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Doede Estate Preserve

Doede Estate Preserve from directly overhead

Doede Estate Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 12 Historical Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1981
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.47717, -72.92877
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.4 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.1 mi
  • South Quad: 4.5 mi
  • Honor Hill Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 1.5 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.8 mi
  • The Church Green: 2.0 mi
  • Forger Park: 2.0 mi
  • Canfield Park: 2.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Bethany Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 52
Attractions: 48
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.0 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 10.0 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.3 mi
  • 1954: 11.1 mi
  • Millstone: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Pond View: 19.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Doede Estate Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNE 37°301 m7.3 mi
Southington MountainN 353°281 m8.5 mi
East PeakNE 41°277 m7.3 mi
Andrews HillW 273°275 m8.4 mi
Mount SanfordSW 224°263 m1.5 mi
Turkey HillNW 311°263 m4.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 303°260 m3.2 mi
Hopkins HillW 280°259 m4.2 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 °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208938771

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