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McCluskey Preserve

McCluskey Preserve from directly overhead

McCluskey Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Woodhouse Avenue), a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Branford Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.39077, -72.78880

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • All Saints Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Swajchuk Park: 2.8 mi
  • Carina Park: 3.0 mi
  • Forest Grove Park: 3.0 mi
  • Pond Hill Park: 3.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 59
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 32
  • Bear Cave: 3.8 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 5.1 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 6.0 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 6.4 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
  • Pond View: 23.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 4.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of McCluskey Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordWNW 301°263 m9.6 mi
TrimountainNNE 30°232 m5.5 mi
Fowler MountainNE 35°230 m4.4 mi
Beseck MountainNNE 15°219 m8.8 mi
High RockW 281°216 m8.1 mi
Pistapaug MountainNE 43°210 m3.9 mi
Mount CarmelWNW 298°206 m5.9 mi
Mount PisgahENE 57°196 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438094

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