Nature reserve · Connecticut

Hein Trails

Hein Trails from directly overhead

Hein Trails is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethany Library Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Bethany Land Trust

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.42309, -72.98220

13.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Overlooks nearby

Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Bethany Library Park: 0.7 mi
Pole Hill Park: 1.6 mi
Chatfield Park: 3.9 mi
Volunteer Park: 4.5 mi
Old Kalinauskas Farm: 4.6 mi

Peaks

Meeting House Hill: 0.7 mi
Carrington Hill: 2.2 mi
High Rock: 2.2 mi
Round Hill: 2.7 mi
Beacon Cap: 3.0 mi

Nature reserves

Historic sites

Honor Hill Monument: 4.0 mi
Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.3 mi
South Quad: 4.5 mi
Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 4.7 mi
Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.9 mi

Museums

Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.2 mi
Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 6.2 mi
Eli Whitney Museum: 7.1 mi
Farming Museum: 7.1 mi

Beaches59

Mattatuck Beach: 9.3 mi
Dossin Park Beach: 10.1 mi
Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
Jackson Cove Beach: 10.8 mi
Sea Bluff Beach: 11.9 mi

Waterfalls54

Hopp Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
Sperry Falls: 2.8 mi
Wolcott Falls: 3.4 mi
Cascade: 4.6 mi
Roaring Brook Falls: 4.6 mi

Gardens53

Bethany Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Winnett Food Forest: 6.3 mi
New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 6.5 mi
Newhallville Street Garden: 6.9 mi
Hazel St Community Garden: 7.0 mi

Attractions40

World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 3.5 mi
Millstone: 9.8 mi
Millstone: 9.8 mi
PEZ Visitor Center: 11.0 mi
Washington Trail monument: 12.9 mi

Artworks26

End of the Line/West Rock: 6.5 mi
Turtle Statue: 7.0 mi
Beacon of Hope: 7.3 mi
Henry Gould Lewis: 7.5 mi
An American Dream: 8.7 mi

Cliffs13

Forbes Bluff: 11.7 mi
Bethel Rock: 14.0 mi
Whitestone Cliffs: 14.2 mi
Bluff Head: 14.8 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 15.2 mi

Picnic sites7

Picnic Grove: 14.8 mi
Pond View: 15.1 mi
Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 15.1 mi
The Rotary Pavilion: 15.2 mi
Oak Grove: 15.5 mi

Rest areas5

Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 10.8 mi
Southington Rest Area: 11.1 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi

Lighthouses4

Springs1

Cold Spring: 7.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Pleasure Beach: 20.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hein Trails. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Andrews Hill	NW 307°	275 m	7.0 mi
Woodruff Hill	WNW 302°	273 m	8.7 mi
Mount Sanford	NNE 33°	263 m	3.2 mi
Turkey Hill	N 353°	263 m	6.9 mi
Prospect Hill	N 1°	260 m	5.5 mi
Hopkins Hill	NNW 342°	259 m	4.7 mi
Prospect Mountain	N 10°	253 m	3.5 mi
Talmadge Hill	N 5°	246 m	5.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:28	19:04
June solstice	05:19	19:48	20:30
September equinox	06:40	18:15	18:51
December solstice	07:16	15:42	16:26

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	29	31	38	49	60	69	74	73	66	54	43	34
Precip in	3.6	3.5	4.4	4.7	3.7	4.9	3.8	3.8	4.3	4.9	4.4	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1129810474

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