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Eagleville Preserve

Eagleville Preserve from directly overhead

Eagleville Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mansfield Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

Access from Route 275 across from the Eagleville Dam through State land. Loop trail along scenic bend of Willimantic River and through old pasture reverting to forest.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.77926, -72.27919

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran Green: 1.7 mi
  • Patriots Park: 1.7 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 1.3 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 1.6 mi
  • dog memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Old root cellar: 3.6 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 2.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Cascades: 2.2 mi
  • Cascades: 2.3 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 41
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 19.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 5.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Eagleville Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNW 322°294 m8.9 mi
Whifford HillN 8°291 m7.8 mi
Westford HillNNE 25°290 m10.2 mi
Grant HillWNW 295°284 m6.1 mi
Sugar HillNNW 329°282 m9.3 mi
Reed HillNW 306°275 m7.8 mi
Parker MountainN 9°275 m9.2 mi
Sharpe HillNNE 23°268 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1072005659

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