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Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel

Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel from directly overhead

Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Meadows Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates41.72733, -72.66248
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Crow Point: 2.7 mi
  • South Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW 310°276 m9.1 mi
MannantuckE 97°273 m9.9 mi
John Tom HillE 97°272 m9.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 137°265 m9.1 mi
Ely MoundWNW 302°246 m8.5 mi
Lookout MountainENE 78°237 m9.3 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 105°234 m8.5 mi
Birch MountainE 81°233 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442051

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