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Mill Pasture Preserve

Mill Pasture Preserve from directly overhead

Mill Pasture Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Guilford Land Conservation Trust
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28902, -72.69135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.1 mi
  • Olmsted Outlook: 0.4 mi
  • Guilford Town Green: 0.6 mi
  • Rollwood Park: 1.2 mi
  • Long Hill Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Guilford Vietnam War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Guilford Soldiers Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Guilford Granite: 0.7 mi
  • Guilford World War I Memorial: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Waterfalls: 48
Gardens: 42
Attractions: 29
  • Dinosaur Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 6.1 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 8.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 8.6 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Mill Pasture Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainN 349°232 m12.0 mi
Fowler MountainNNW 346°230 m10.9 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 347°210 m10.1 mi
Goose HillNNE 31°201 m12.5 mi
Mount PisgahN 5°196 m10.9 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 333°176 m8.4 mi
Quonnipaug MountainN 356°167 m7.4 mi
East SugarloafNNW 341°156 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4620:28
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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1133585578

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