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Kogut Preserve

Kogut Preserve from directly overhead

Kogut Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Furnace State Park, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 4.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79429, -71.85547

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Ross Pond Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Davis Park: 1.6 mi
  • Killingly Little League Complex: 1.7 mi
  • Quinebaug Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • South Street Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • World War II Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 57
Attractions: 27
Gardens: 23
  • Thread City Family Garden: 18.4 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 20.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 19
Waterfalls: 19
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 8.0 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 7
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Little Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic: 19.4 mi
  • Site #36: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Kogut Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillNE 46°256 m5.5 mi
Durfee HillNE 40°244 m8.9 mi
Whites HillNE 36°240 m7.1 mi
Pine HillNE 40°235 m7.7 mi
Kimball HillW 279°231 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillNW 322°229 m8.5 mi
Alworth HillW 269°225 m8.2 mi
Mount HygeiaNE 51°224 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1215:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766716962514132
Precip in4.53.95.24.73.84.53.64.54.45.04.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Foster 1 E, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/965279232

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