Nature reserve · Connecticut
Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve
Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Hampton
How to reach it
Coordinates41.78929, -72.07418
- 6.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 11.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hampton Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.3 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.7 mi
- Shaw Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 2.8 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 4.0 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Stone Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Fuller Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary at Trail Wood: 1.8 mi
- Rad Ostby Memorial Forest: 2.1 mi
- H. E. Preston Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Wolf Den Plaque: 5.8 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 6.4 mi
Museums: 48
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 8.2 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 8.7 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 27
- Weaving Shuttle: 8.8 mi
- Manny: 8.8 mi
- Willy: 8.8 mi
- U’s and C’s: 8.8 mi
- Copper Tower: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 26
- Diana's Pool Falls: 3.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 8.2 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 20
- Frog Rock: 5.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 6.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 7.0 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 7.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 14
- Thread City Family Garden: 7.9 mi
- Mary's Garden: 8.8 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 9.3 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 8
- Moosup Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.4 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Coney Rock: 6.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 19.3 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Bara-Hack: 7.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | NNE 16° | 265 m | 8.1 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NNE 12° | 265 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sprague Hill | N 2° | 257 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NNE 13° | 252 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | NNE 16° | 251 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | N 9° | 248 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NNW 327° | 241 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NNW 330° | 240 m | 0.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/946669928
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 9 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Putnam · 12 mi
- Woodstock · 13 mi
- Union · 14 mi
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