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Harrison Farm Preserve

Harrison Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Harrison Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Altiere Drive), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Branford Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33282, -72.76515

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Mill Road Field: 2.3 mi
  • Swajchuk Park: 2.3 mi
  • Connecticut Sportsplex: 2.8 mi
  • Long Hill Park: 3.6 mi
  • Cortina Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Cenotaph: 4.3 mi
  • Branford: 4.3 mi
  • World War II: 4.4 mi
  • Korean and Vietnam Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II: 4.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Waterfalls: 54
Gardens: 48
Attractions: 29
  • Bear Cave: 3.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 6.8 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 23
  • snake: 6.9 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 7.4 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 8.7 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 8.8 mi
  • Totem Pole: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
  • Pond View: 24.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Harrison Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainN 10°232 m8.9 mi
Fowler MountainN 9°230 m7.7 mi
High RockWNW 301°216 m10.7 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNE 12°210 m7.0 mi
Mount CarmelNW 316°206 m9.4 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 31°196 m9.2 mi
Totoket MountainN 359°176 m4.5 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 38°167 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1202024133

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