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Frank Hero Tract

Frank Hero Tract from directly overhead

Frank Hero Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 6.7 miles off. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 0.8 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy
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Coordinates41.44077, -71.83327
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Babcock-Smith House Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 5.8 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 6.2 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 6.3 mi
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 8.1 mi
Museums: 55
Beaches: 48
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 5.6 mi
  • Penguin: 7.7 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 7.9 mi
  • Mjolnir: 7.9 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 15
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 9.9 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 10.1 mi
  • Skate Hut: 16.0 mi
  • Powder House: 16.1 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
  • Old Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Factory Pond: 12.6 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Frank Hero Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNW 306°163 m6.7 mi
Chapman HillNNW 338°158 m3.9 mi
Barns HillNW 311°155 m5.7 mi
Pendleton HillN 352°153 m4.3 mi
Bay MountainNNW 329°152 m8.1 mi
Stewart HillNW 315°149 m3.6 mi
Ayer HillWNW 294°144 m7.1 mi
Cossaduck HillWNW 300°139 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025033377

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