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Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve

Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve from directly overhead

Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.

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Coordinates41.80124, -72.86750
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Town Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Town Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Town Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Wellner Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Town Open Space: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.1 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 4.0 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 4.9 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls
Gardens: 58
Attractions: 56
  • Wreck: 1.4 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 2.9 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 2.9 mi
  • The Carrals: 2.9 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 50
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 3.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 3.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 3.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 10.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillW 275°360 m9.1 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW 333°358 m6.8 mi
Johnnycake MountainWSW 243°354 m7.3 mi
West HillWNW 302°328 m9.4 mi
Breezy HillNW 323°327 m6.3 mi
Yellow MountainWNW 291°310 m7.4 mi
West LedgeN 357°305 m6.6 mi
Harmony HillW 266°304 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Black Bear19 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail15 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • garlic mustard12 obs
  • American Toad9 obs
  • American Goldfinch9 obs
  • Wild Turkey8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/69507315

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