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Fair Oaks Conservation Center

Fair Oaks Conservation Center from directly overhead

Fair Oaks Conservation Center is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west-northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakdale Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

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

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Montville
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.46043, -72.16718

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 38
Waterfalls: 37
  • Silver Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 36
  • turtle rock: 6.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 6.4 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 6.5 mi
  • tri-town marker: 7.4 mi
  • The Whale: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Sprout Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 6.4 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 2.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Fair Oaks Conservation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillWNW 286°182 m1.9 mi
Maynard HillW 273°174 m3.9 mi
Forsyth HillWNW 294°171 m3.2 mi
Cockle HillWNW 302°171 m6.6 mi
Raymond HillNNW 345°170 m2.4 mi
Scott HillNNW 338°165 m6.4 mi
Dolbeare HillWNW 302°162 m0.8 mi
Wawecus HillNNE 15°153 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439932

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