Matianuck Natural Area Preserve
Matianuck Natural Area Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pershing Park Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 24 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 27.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Pershing Park Playground: 0.5 mi
- Coventry Green: 0.7 mi
- Pine Lane Cul-De-Sac Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Blue Hills Neighborhood Center: 1.1 mi
- Hubbard Street Tot Lot: 1.1 mi
- Gully Green: 0.7 mi
- Keney Park: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Way West Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln Way Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Shad Run Vacant Land: 1.8 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 1.2 mi
- Cow: 2.1 mi
- Steamer: 2.8 mi
- Riverfront Relax: 2.8 mi
- Perserverence: 2.8 mi
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 1.3 mi
- 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.2 mi
- VW: 2.2 mi
- Farm Tool: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 3.3 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 2.1 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 2.6 mi
- Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: 3.0 mi
- Old State House: 3.3 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 3.3 mi
- Cook Hill: 2.6 mi
- Johnson Hill: 3.8 mi
- Day Hill: 4.0 mi
- Grant Hill: 4.1 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 4.3 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.7 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 3.2 mi
- Mark Twain House: 3.3 mi
- The Dreamyard: 3.8 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 5.6 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 3.3 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 8.5 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 8.6 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 10.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 10.3 mi
- Case Falls: 10.4 mi
- Hart Meadow: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 6.5 mi
- Superstructure: 6.9 mi
- Solar Panel: 6.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.3 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 20.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Matianuck Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | W 269° | 276 m | 6.1 mi |
| Onion Mountain | WNW 288° | 253 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ely Mound | WSW 257° | 246 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Horr | W 277° | 238 m | 11.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 112° | 237 m | 10.8 mi |
| Birch Mountain | ESE 113° | 233 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SW 225° | 229 m | 11.0 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | SE 126° | 215 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.
- Big Sand Tiger Beetle43 obs
- eastern poison ivy42 obs
- sensitive fern32 obs
- garlic mustard26 obs
- ground-ivy25 obs
- American Robin20 obs
- Festive Tiger Beetle18 obs
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/559477924
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Longmeadow · 17 mi
- Somers · 17 mi
- Tolland · 17 mi
- Hampden · 22 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
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