Merrow Preserve
Merrow Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Haddam Land Trust
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 24.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 17.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Hill: 0.6 mi
- Cockle Hill: 2.8 mi
- Dolbia Hill: 3.0 mi
- Buckley Hill: 3.2 mi
- Tater Hill: 3.6 mi
- Urbanik Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Woodland Warbler Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Big Brook Gorge Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Ahnert Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Edith Lefebvre Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Lake Hayward Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Millington Green: 2.0 mi
- East Haddam Town Beach: 4.0 mi
- Connor's Way: 4.1 mi
- Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 4.9 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 2.0 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 2.9 mi
- Transient Workman's Camp Buildings: 6.0 mi
- Transient Workmans Camp: 6.0 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Museum: 4.7 mi
- Colchester Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 6.4 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 6.5 mi
- Chapman Falls: 1.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.2 mi
- Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Moodus Falls: 5.1 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 7.5 mi
- Sparky: 12.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 12.3 mi
- River Blue: 12.5 mi
- Nevertheless: 13.2 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 13.2 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 14.5 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 14.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 14.7 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 14.7 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Rain Garden: 10.9 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 10.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 12.0 mi
- Devil's Oven: 2.0 mi
- tri-town marker: 5.0 mi
- turtle rock: 5.2 mi
- Mill Turbine: 5.3 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 5.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 7.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 19.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 7.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.2 mi
- Powder House: 15.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.6 mi
- Old Spring: 18.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Merrow Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | ESE 111° | 182 m | 7.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | SSW 207° | 179 m | 3.6 mi |
| Buckley Hill | NNW 341° | 176 m | 3.2 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 330° | 175 m | 0.6 mi |
| Maynard Hill | ESE 123° | 174 m | 5.4 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNE 33° | 174 m | 8.3 mi |
| Burrows Hill | NNW 340° | 174 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cockle Hill | E 83° | 171 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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