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Dorwart Preserve

Dorwart Preserve from directly overhead

Dorwart Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is David Storrs Chapin Coney Rock Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.

Access from Mulberry Road or from Lions Memorial Park off Route 89. Forested trails with diverse wildlife and woodland plants adjacent to Lions Memorial Park soccer fields and pavilion.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79319, -72.19600
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Southeast Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Hope Park: 1.7 mi
  • Spring Hill Fields: 2.0 mi
  • Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 2.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks: 55
Waterfalls: 38
  • Codfish Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascades: 4.7 mi
  • Cascades: 4.7 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 30
Gardens: 28
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.2 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whifford HillNNW 335°291 m7.5 mi
Westford HillN 1°290 m8.3 mi
Parker MountainNNW 341°275 m8.6 mi
Turkey HillN 11°271 m9.6 mi
Sharpe HillN 357°268 m8.3 mi
Sprague HillNE 52°257 m8.2 mi
Sherman HillNE 53°252 m9.6 mi
Grass HillN 9°250 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/905633442

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