Little River Nature Preserve
Little River Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Victory Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
Nature preserve and sanctuary
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Oxford
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Victory Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Ryan's Courts: 1.3 mi
- Lily Park: 1.4 mi
- Beacon Falls Town Recreation Field: 2.5 mi
- Aggie Park: 3.0 mi
- Fivemile Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sanford Hill: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.4 mi
- Towantic Hill: 1.9 mi
- Jacks Hill: 2.2 mi
- Matthies Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Posy Panko Park: 2.1 mi
- Beacon Falls Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Lovdal Farm Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Seymour Land Conservation Trust: 3.5 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 2.1 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 3.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 4.3 mi
- Fountain: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 5.0 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 3.7 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 7.0 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 7.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 4.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.9 mi
- Waterfront: 14.1 mi
- Boating Side: 14.2 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 8.1 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.1 mi
- Biblical Garden: 8.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.1 mi
- Southford Falls: 2.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.1 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Millstone: 2.7 mi
- Millstone: 2.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.8 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.7 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 13.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.9 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.0 mi
- Maori Head: 9.1 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 11.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 14.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 15.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.3 mi
- Pond View: 10.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 19.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Little River Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | N 353° | 292 m | 6.7 mi |
| Andrews Hill | NNE 26° | 275 m | 3.6 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | N 358° | 273 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | ENE 59° | 259 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NE 43° | 246 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bedlam Hill | N 359° | 245 m | 5.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NW 317° | 242 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | ENE 58° | 238 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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