Joy Property
Joy Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedarwood Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northern Connecticut Land Trust
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedarwood Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Lookout Landing Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Meyers Farm Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Swann Farm Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Bridge Street Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Arbor Park: 2.8 mi
- Somers Common: 3.3 mi
- East Windsor Town Park: 4.0 mi
- Mill Pond: 4.1 mi
- EW Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Newell Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 5.1 mi
- The Pinnacle: 5.4 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 3.3 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 5.3 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 6.3 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 6.4 mi
- Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum: 6.4 mi
- sensory garden: 4.6 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 7.4 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 9.6 mi
- Side Garden: 10.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 7.6 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 8.1 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 9.6 mi
- Sorry Rock: 10.1 mi
- The Three Graces: 10.8 mi
- Miles Morgan: 12.5 mi
- 1856 City Hall Bell: 12.5 mi
- Horton Court: 12.6 mi
- filled-in well: 7.6 mi
- Goat Rock: 8.4 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 10.0 mi
- The Dreamyard: 11.2 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 11.4 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 8.3 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 11.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 12.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 15.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 17.3 mi
- Crow Point: 17.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 7.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 10.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.5 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.6 mi
- Rd: 19.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
- Picnic: 20.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Joy Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peck Hill | NE 48° | 336 m | 11.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 55° | 332 m | 7.2 mi |
| Moon Mountain | NNE 32° | 330 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 28° | 323 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 43° | 322 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 27° | 319 m | 7.8 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | ENE 70° | 315 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 29° | 303 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366539
Day trips start here
- Somers · 3 mi
- East Windsor · 5 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- Hampden · 9 mi
- Longmeadow · 9 mi
- Ludlow · 15 mi
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