McDonald Road Property
McDonald Road Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Post Hill stands 239 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Brook Gorge Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colchester Land Trust
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 22.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Brook Gorge Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Ahnert Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Zemko Sawmill Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Merrow Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Smuggler’s Rock Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Lake Hayward Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
- Savin Lake Park: 3.3 mi
- Schuster Park: 3.9 mi
- Colchester Recreation Complex: 4.0 mi
- Colchester Fish and Game Club: 4.3 mi
- Cockle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Halls Hill: 2.3 mi
- Long Hill: 2.8 mi
- Buckley Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.6 mi
- Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Museum: 2.9 mi
- Colchester Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 4.6 mi
- Blue Slope Country Museum: 7.1 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 4.9 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 5.6 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 7.3 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 7.3 mi
- Transient Workmans Camp: 7.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 8.4 mi
- Muffler Man: 10.6 mi
- River Blue: 11.2 mi
- Nevertheless: 11.4 mi
- Promised Day: 11.5 mi
- Chapman Falls: 4.6 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Grayville Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascade: 6.8 mi
- Cascade: 6.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 9.5 mi
- Gingers Garden: 9.8 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 10.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 11.4 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 14.4 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 16.0 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 16.1 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 16.2 mi
- Crescent Beach: 16.3 mi
- Devil's Oven: 4.9 mi
- turtle rock: 7.0 mi
- tri-town marker: 7.2 mi
- Mill Turbine: 7.3 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 8.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.7 mi
- Old Spring: 18.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.8 mi
- Powder House: 16.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of McDonald Road Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Hill | NNW 346° | 239 m | 9.3 mi |
| Clarks Hill | N 357° | 196 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sweet Hill | NNE 21° | 183 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chapel Hill | SE 136° | 182 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tater Hill | SSW 211° | 179 m | 6.5 mi |
| Buckley Hill | WNW 283° | 176 m | 2.9 mi |
| Long Hill | SW 227° | 175 m | 2.8 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNE 30° | 174 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1210463869
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 3 mi
- Montville · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Norwich · 11 mi
- East Lyme · 13 mi
- Willimantic · 13 mi
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