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Milestone

Milestone from directly overhead

Milestone is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Pistapaug Mountain stands 210 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Native Plant Gardens, a garden 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off.

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Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Madison Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.29067, -72.60737

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bauer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Madison Green Historic District: 0.9 mi
  • Madison Green: 0.9 mi
  • Town Open Space (Scotland Avenue): 1.2 mi
  • The Ox Pasture: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Green Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Spencer Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 39
Waterfalls: 38
  • Nineveh Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Stair Brook Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Cascade: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Dinosaur Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 6.1 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.2 mi
  • Stone Table: 8.5 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Milestone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pistapaug MountainNW 325°210 m11.8 mi
Goose HillNNE 12°201 m10.8 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 342°196 m11.3 mi
Totoket MountainNW 312°176 m11.1 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNW 326°167 m8.7 mi
East SugarloafNW 312°156 m8.7 mi
Long HillNNE 26°154 m11.9 mi
Bunker HillN 354°153 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438583

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