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Fern Hollow Preserve

Fern Hollow Preserve from directly overhead

Fern Hollow Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Santhouse Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust Inc

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71245, -72.56256

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Field: 1.4 mi
  • Addison Park: 1.5 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 2.2 mi
  • Butler Field: 2.2 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 60
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.5 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 2.9 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.0 mi
  • South Wall: 12.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Fern Hollow Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 93°273 m4.6 mi
John Tom HillE 93°272 m4.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 170°265 m5.8 mi
Box HillNE 42°252 m8.4 mi
Clark HillSSE 167°241 m8.3 mi
Lookout MountainNE 53°237 m4.9 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 110°234 m3.3 mi
Birch MountainENE 58°233 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/948517472

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