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Elizabeth Heights

Elizabeth Heights from directly overhead

Elizabeth Heights is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlerock Lane, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72973, -72.42476

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 3.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 3.9 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 4.7 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 4.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 59
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.6 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 5.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 3.8 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 7.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 49
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade: 4.1 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Elizabeth Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 11°294 m10.6 mi
Grant HillNNE 18°284 m6.3 mi
Reed HillN 8°275 m8.1 mi
MannantuckWSW 240°273 m2.9 mi
John Tom HillWSW 240°272 m2.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSW 221°265 m9.2 mi
Box HillNNW 343°252 m5.3 mi
Clark HillSSW 209°241 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442225

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