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Gilbert Tract

Gilbert Tract from directly overhead

Gilbert Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-southwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fenn's Pond, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Middlebury Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.53678, -73.12037

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ledgewood Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Meadowview Park: 1.5 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • U.S.D.A plaque: 0.9 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 4.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 58
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Southford Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 49
Beaches: 44
  • Waterfront: 7.8 mi
  • Boating Side: 7.9 mi
  • Mattatuck Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 42
Artworks: 25
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.1 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.1 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.1 mi
  • Maori Head: 4.6 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Bethel Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.7 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.5 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 14.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Pond View: 16.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Gilbert Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillWSW 255°292 m0.8 mi
Good HillW 280°292 m7.4 mi
Blackmans HillW 277°282 m2.6 mi
Andrews HillSSE 157°275 m4.0 mi
Woodruff HillS 183°273 m3.3 mi
Bucks HillNE 45°268 m7.0 mi
Hoop Pole HillWNW 286°264 m6.8 mi
Turkey HillE 99°263 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1202987134

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