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Hollister Preserve

Hollister Preserve from directly overhead

Hollister Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitehouse Family Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

Lot S-53; Lot S-53A

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust, Inc.

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68782, -72.57694

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orchard Hill Club: 0.4 mi
  • Rotary Field: 0.7 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 1.3 mi
  • Grange Pool: 1.7 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 1.7 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 6.2 mi
  • The Cascade: 6.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.8 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 2.5 mi
  • Flag Rock: 9.7 mi
  • South Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Hollister Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 75°273 m5.6 mi
John Tom HillENE 75°272 m5.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 156°265 m4.4 mi
Clark HillSSE 158°241 m6.9 mi
Lookout MountainNE 45°237 m6.6 mi
Kongscut MountainE 82°234 m3.9 mi
Birch MountainNE 49°233 m6.5 mi
Whites HillNE 47°231 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1004176028

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