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Kowal Nature Preserve

Kowal Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Kowal Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wepawaug Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998-04-21
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orange Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29076, -73.03565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Sunnyside Park: 1.8 mi
  • Old Tavern Road Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Witek Park: 2.9 mi
  • Warsaw Park: 2.9 mi
  • Cynthia Circle Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 51
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 3.3 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 4.4 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.6 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Cascade: 0.9 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 23
  • End of the Line/West Rock: 5.1 mi
  • An American Dream: 5.4 mi
  • John B Pierce: 5.4 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 21
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.5 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 9.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.9 mi
  • Millstone: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Pond View: 10.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Kowal Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 331°231 m8.8 mi
High RockNNE 30°216 m9.7 mi
Great HillNW 320°202 m6.6 mi
Barn HillWNW 296°200 m8.6 mi
Rock RimmonN 353°199 m9.5 mi
Moose HillWNW 288°198 m9.3 mi
Meeting House HillNNE 12°193 m9.6 mi
Israel HillWNW 289°192 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1211880088

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