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Legion Drive Property (Rear)

Legion Drive Property (Rear) from directly overhead

Legion Drive Property (Rear) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tracy Drive Property (Rear), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.85138, -72.47318
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • American Legion Field: 0.4 mi
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 1.1 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 2.6 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 57
  • filled-in well: 1.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 8.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 10.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Hockanum Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
  • Picnic: 23.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Legion Drive Property (Rear). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 30°332 m12.0 mi
Bald MountainNNE 18°322 m10.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 23°315 m8.1 mi
Perkins MountainNNE 15°298 m12.4 mi
Paulk HillENE 65°294 m4.9 mi
Crow HillNE 34°292 m11.8 mi
Whifford HillENE 76°291 m11.4 mi
Kendall HillNE 50°290 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436509

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