Gateway Preserve
Gateway Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Day Pond Brook Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colchester Land Trust
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 29.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Hill: 0.9 mi
- Baker Hill: 2.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.4 mi
- Chalker Hill: 3.4 mi
- Jeremiahs Back: 3.6 mi
- Fireman's Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Seamster Park: 2.3 mi
- Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
- Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 3.2 mi
- Nichols Field: 3.5 mi
- Day Pond State Park: 1.5 mi
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: 2.3 mi
- Stony Brook Farm Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Millstone Drive Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Conservation Showcase: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 3.2 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 3.8 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 7.1 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 7.4 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 7.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gingers Garden: 4.9 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 8.4 mi
- fern and rock garden: 10.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 10.7 mi
- First Tear: 11.8 mi
- Frog: 13.2 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 14.6 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 0.4 mi
- Tartia Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.6 mi
- Moodus Falls: 3.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 3.1 mi
- Mill Turbine: 3.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 4.5 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.4 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 5.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.6 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 19.9 mi
- Middle Beach: 19.9 mi
- Stannard Beach: 20.0 mi
- Chapman Beach: 20.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.8 mi
- Crow Point: 13.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 16.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 5.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 22.3 mi
- Powder House: 22.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Gateway Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | NW 310° | 265 m | 6.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | WNW 294° | 241 m | 4.8 mi |
| Post Hill | NE 36° | 239 m | 9.0 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | NNW 341° | 234 m | 9.4 mi |
| Burnt Hill | NNE 19° | 229 m | 9.1 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | WNW 299° | 228 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | W 279° | 222 m | 6.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | NW 310° | 206 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1210464097
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 6 mi
- Essex · 15 mi
- Montville · 16 mi
- Willimantic · 16 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 17 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
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