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Dunn Preserve

Dunn Preserve from directly overhead

Dunn Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the west-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucker Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 2.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86411, -71.92107

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Owen Bell Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pomfret Green: 3.1 mi
  • Pomfret Little League Field: 3.1 mi
  • John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Putnam Civil War Veterans Monument: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Pineville Mill: 3.4 mi
  • Wolf Den Plaque: 3.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • World War II Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 5.5 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 36
Artworks: 27
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cargill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 18
Gardens: 15
  • Thread City Family Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 17.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.4 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 19.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 13.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 24.5 mi
  • Big Beach: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Dunn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ragged HillWNW 295°265 m6.3 mi
Deacon Tim Perrin HillWNW 302°265 m7.0 mi
Rocky HillNW 311°264 m7.3 mi
Daven HillNW 306°258 m6.3 mi
Sprague HillW 271°257 m7.7 mi
Hammond HillNW 312°257 m7.9 mi
Jerimoth HillE 98°256 m7.4 mi
Sherman HillW 277°252 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4520:27
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1315:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/964689205

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