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George A. Harmon Woodlot

George A. Harmon Woodlot from directly overhead

George A. Harmon Woodlot is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ara and Martha Dildilian Woodlot, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Suffield Land Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates41.99615, -72.73141

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.7 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.2 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Front Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Freedom Eagle: 7.5 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 8.4 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 9.1 mi
  • Epiphany: 9.1 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 47
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 3.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 3.9 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 3.9 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.4 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Carpenter's Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Enders Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 15.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 15.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.2 mi
  • Rd: 14.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of George A. Harmon Woodlot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainNW 313°446 m11.1 mi
Pine MountainW 260°421 m10.3 mi
Holden HillNW 310°412 m11.0 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 296°403 m9.7 mi
Washington HillWSW 253°359 m9.8 mi
South MountainWNW 295°357 m8.0 mi
Drake MountainNW 324°350 m9.3 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 309°347 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1080400082

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