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Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America)

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Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 473 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is North Green, a park 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

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How to reach it

Coordinates42.00838, -73.17716

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 57
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 36
  • Beckley Furnace: 5.9 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 7.4 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 9.9 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 10.5 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 19
  • Flower Gardens: 14.0 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 14.0 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • The Beech: 7.0 mi
  • Space Invaders: 7.1 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 7.1 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Acorn Face: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainWSW 258°584 m6.1 mi
Bald MountainWNW 303°539 m2.4 mi
Cowles HillN 7°537 m6.5 mi
Stone Man MountainWSW 237°528 m6.5 mi
Wangum Lake HillWSW 238°521 m4.9 mi
East Bald MountainNW 324°519 m1.9 mi
Higley HillN 1°518 m4.6 mi
Seymour MountainNE 48°517 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/43440247

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