Hammond Mill Preserve
Hammond Mill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the east, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kashanski Easement, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Haddam Land Trust
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 21.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 25.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kashanski Easement: 0.1 mi
- Ayers Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Lena Reserve: 0.9 mi
- Burnham Brook Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Edith Lefebvre Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 0.9 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 2.5 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 2.7 mi
- The Eagle: 2.7 mi
- Dolbia Hill: 1.2 mi
- Tater Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lyme Highest Point: 2.4 mi
- Honey Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Hill: 2.9 mi
- Millington Green: 2.5 mi
- Hamburg Fair: 4.5 mi
- Horse Pond Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
- Norwich Pond Boat Launch: 5.0 mi
- Lake Hayward Boat Launch: 5.4 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Gillette Castle: 5.2 mi
- The Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village: 6.2 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 6.9 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 10.8 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 11.7 mi
- Rocky Neck State Beach: 11.7 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 11.8 mi
- Crescent Beach: 11.8 mi
- Cascade: 1.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Chapman Falls: 2.2 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Devil's Oven: 1.7 mi
- tri-town marker: 2.0 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 2.3 mi
- turtle rock: 3.0 mi
- Historic Ferry: 5.5 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 6.1 mi
- Sparky: 11.6 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 11.7 mi
- River Blue: 13.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 13.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Gingers Garden: 8.0 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Walk: 12.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 12.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 18.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 18.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 22.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 7.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.3 mi
- Powder House: 13.5 mi
- Old Spring: 18.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Hammond Mill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | E 81° | 182 m | 7.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 1.3 mi |
| Buckley Hill | N 355° | 176 m | 6.8 mi |
| Long Hill | N 2° | 175 m | 4.2 mi |
| Maynard Hill | E 82° | 174 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cockle Hill | NE 38° | 171 m | 5.1 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | ENE 73° | 171 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 279° | 167 m | 4.2 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 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439642
Day trips start here
- Essex · 7 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 9 mi
- Montville · 9 mi
- Old Lyme · 10 mi
- Old Saybrook · 11 mi
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