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Highpoint Tract

Highpoint Tract from directly overhead

Highpoint Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Burbank Tract, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Middlebury Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52996, -73.13171

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Meadowview Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ledgewood Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • U.S.D.A plaque: 1.4 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 3.7 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 58
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Southford Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 50
Beaches: 44
  • Waterfront: 8.5 mi
  • Boating Side: 8.6 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Mattatuck Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 37
Cliffs: 23
Artworks: 22
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.8 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.8 mi
  • Maori Head: 5.3 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
  • Pond View: 15.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Highpoint Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNW 320°292 m0.3 mi
Good HillWNW 285°292 m6.9 mi
Blackmans HillWNW 292°282 m2.1 mi
Andrews HillSE 146°275 m3.8 mi
Woodruff HillS 172°273 m2.8 mi
Hoop Pole HillWNW 292°264 m6.4 mi
Turkey HillE 94°263 m6.9 mi
Bird HillNNW 327°260 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203006223

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