Ironwoods Preserve
Ironwoods Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Race Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Madison Land Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Race Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 0.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.1 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hungry Hill: 3.2 mi
- Donnelly Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Antler Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Old Route 80: 1.1 mi
- Timberlands: 1.1 mi
- Gesner Hill: 1.1 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 1.5 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 3.8 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 4.3 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.7 mi
- Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 2.7 mi
- Nut Plains Park: 3.0 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
- Long Hill Park: 3.8 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.8 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 5.2 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 5.3 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 5.3 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 6.2 mi
- Circle Beach: 6.4 mi
- East Rive Beach: 6.5 mi
- Daniel Ave. Beach: 7.0 mi
- Shell Beach: 7.1 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 3.0 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Seven Falls: 11.2 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 11.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 5.9 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 2.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 3.2 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 5.2 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 5.3 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 6.2 mi
- snake: 3.3 mi
- Totem Pole: 4.0 mi
- James Madison: 6.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 12.5 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 13.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.9 mi
- Chimney Corner: 8.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.2 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Ironwoods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | NNW 334° | 232 m | 7.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNW 328° | 230 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NW 325° | 210 m | 6.1 mi |
| Goose Hill | NE 43° | 201 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 358° | 196 m | 6.1 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NNE 14° | 186 m | 10.5 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | WNW 298° | 176 m | 5.7 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NNW 328° | 167 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/900200795
Day trips start here
- Essex · 14 mi
- Old Saybrook · 16 mi
- Old Lyme · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Waterford · 27 mi
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