Heron Pond Preserve
Heron Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheney Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Essex Land Trust
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 26.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheney Hill: 0.6 mi
- Viney Hill: 0.7 mi
- Stumpet Hill: 1.5 mi
- Obed Heights: 1.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
- Turtle Creek Preserve: 0.7 mi
- South Cove Access: 0.9 mi
- Turtle Creek Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Pond: 1.3 mi
- Triangle (Deep River Road): 2.0 mi
- Viney Hill Brook Park: 0.7 mi
- Essex Park: 1.1 mi
- Essex Square: 1.2 mi
- Essex Tennis Courts: 1.4 mi
- Municipal Triangle: 1.4 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 1.1 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 3.2 mi
- Nut Museum: 3.3 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 4.0 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 4.6 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 4.6 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 4.1 mi
- Chalker Beach: 4.2 mi
- Great Hammock Beach: 4.3 mi
- Harveys Beach: 4.3 mi
- Chapman Beach: 4.3 mi
- Cascade: 7.7 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
- Stone Table: 3.9 mi
- Historic Ferry: 6.2 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 6.2 mi
- tri-town marker: 8.2 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 4.0 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 10.9 mi
- James Madison: 11.7 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 14.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 4.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 5.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 16.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 16.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 17.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Powder House: 14.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 5.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.4 mi
- Old Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Heron Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | N 10° | 179 m | 8.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 314° | 138 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Archer | NNE 19° | 136 m | 4.9 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NE 52° | 129 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wig Hill | NW 314° | 128 m | 6.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 282° | 126 m | 6.9 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NE 37° | 123 m | 5.4 mi |
| Honey Hill | NNE 18° | 114 m | 4.3 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 | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1066903117
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