Nature reserve · Connecticut

High Meadow Farms

High Meadow Farms from directly overhead

High Meadow Farms is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Mount Prospect stands 400 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky Meadow, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Flanders Nature Center

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.65195, -73.18265

28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Magnolia Hill: 1.1 mi
French Mountain: 1.7 mi
Todd Hill: 2.6 mi
Bird Hill: 2.8 mi
Poor House Hill: 3.1 mi

Museums

Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
James Morris Museum and Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room: 2.4 mi
Watertown History Museum: 4.7 mi
White Memorial Conservation Center: 5.3 mi
Railroad Museum of New England: 6.1 mi

Parks

Town Green: 1.6 mi
Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Nystrom Park: 3.9 mi
Al Deland Field: 4.8 mi
Veterans' Memorial Park: 4.8 mi

Historic sites

Alain C. White and May W. White: 4.0 mi
Miller Family Preserve: 7.2 mi
U.S.D.A plaque: 7.7 mi
Soldiers’ Monument: 8.0 mi
Thomas Robert Lilly: 8.0 mi

Waterfalls58

Nonnewaug Falls: 3.1 mi
Knife Shop Falls: 5.2 mi
Knife Shop Falls: 5.2 mi
Knife Shop Falls: 5.3 mi
Cascade: 5.3 mi

Attractions42

Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 1.6 mi
Bethlehem Green Historic District: 1.6 mi
Rock House: 5.0 mi
Peter's Forge: 7.2 mi
Gagarin Grove: 7.3 mi

Gardens28

Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.4 mi
Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.0 mi
Judea Garden: 8.1 mi
Shakespeare Garden: 9.1 mi
Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi

Cliffs21

Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.8 mi
Whitestone Cliffs: 6.9 mi
Bethel Rock: 7.8 mi
Hornet's Nest: 8.9 mi
Ravens Roost: 10.6 mi

Beaches14

Morris Town Beach: 3.3 mi
Sandy Beach: 4.0 mi
Waterfront: 7.4 mi
Boating Side: 7.5 mi
Mattatuck Beach: 13.4 mi

Artworks13

Jean Widmark: 7.2 mi
Whale Sculpture: 9.8 mi
Ben Franklin: 9.8 mi
Greetings from Waterbury: 9.9 mi
Maori Head: 10.3 mi

Picnic sites5

Picnic Grove: 7.4 mi
Pond View: 23.4 mi
The Rotary Pavilion: 23.4 mi
Oak Grove: 23.6 mi
Cedar Grove: 23.9 mi

Springs4

Hermit spring: 16.7 mi
Cannavo Spring: 19.0 mi
Ever Flowing Spring: 20.9 mi
Big Spring: 22.8 mi

Rest areas3

Southington Rest Area: 15.3 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 24.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Dudley Town: 13.9 mi

Covered bridges1

Bulls Bridge Road: 16.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of High Meadow Farms. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Prospect	NW 325°	400 m	7.4 mi
Mount Tom	WNW 301°	393 m	5.5 mi
Jefferson Hill	N 11°	378 m	6.6 mi
Chestnut Hill	N 6°	359 m	5.7 mi
Mount Rat	WNW 292°	352 m	6.7 mi
Guernsey Hill	NNE 31°	346 m	4.8 mi
Todd Hill	W 277°	344 m	2.6 mi
Poor House Hill	NNW 337°	336 m	3.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:57	18:28	19:05
June solstice	05:19	19:49	20:31
September equinox	06:41	18:15	18:52
December solstice	07:17	15:41	16:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	24	26	34	46	57	65	70	68	61	49	39	30
Precip in	3.9	3.5	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.9	4.3	4.8	5.0	5.4	4.2	5.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440976

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