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Goodale Hill Preserve

Goodale Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Goodale Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Kongscut Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69277, -72.50512

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Car Wreck: 0.6 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 1.3 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 2.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.9 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.3 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.6 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 3.2 mi
  • Rotary Field: 4.0 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Cascades: 4.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Goodale Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 56°273 m2.0 mi
John Tom HillENE 56°272 m2.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 204°265 m4.7 mi
Box HillNNE 19°252 m8.0 mi
Clark HillS 189°241 m6.8 mi
Post HillE 100°239 m8.7 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 13°237 m4.4 mi
Kongscut MountainNE 36°234 m0.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/444494460

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