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John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve

John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve from directly overhead

John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Suffield Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.97566, -72.69210

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 2.2 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Back Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Side Garden: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Freedom Eagle: 7.8 mi
  • The Three Graces: 9.0 mi
  • Cow: 9.7 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 10.1 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 50
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 1.9 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 1.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 1.9 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 14.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.2 mi
  • Rd: 15.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW 269°421 m12.2 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 298°403 m12.2 mi
Washington HillW 263°359 m11.5 mi
South MountainWNW 297°357 m10.4 mi
Drake MountainNW 320°350 m11.6 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 308°347 m11.5 mi
Sodom MountainNW 308°326 m9.4 mi
Pine ConeW 259°323 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1530112315

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