Minortown Road Preserve
Minortown Road Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Todd Hill stands 344 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Butternut Falls, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2012
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Woodbury
How to reach it
- 22.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Butternut Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rollingwood: 0.9 mi
- Old Town Heights: 1.0 mi
- Parker/Hart Refuge: 1.0 mi
- Grey Fox Woods: 1.1 mi
- Hogpen Hill: 1.6 mi
- Caleb Hill: 1.8 mi
- Orenaug Hills: 2.0 mi
- Church Hill: 2.0 mi
- Brushy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 1.7 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 1.8 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 2.5 mi
- Hollow Park: 2.8 mi
- Meadowview Park: 4.4 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 2.5 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 3.1 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 3.6 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.9 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 4.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 7.5 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 0.5 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cascade: 6.8 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 7.9 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 2.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 6.1 mi
- Poet's Circle: 6.1 mi
- Biblical Garden: 6.1 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 4.8 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 4.9 mi
- Rock House: 7.0 mi
- Indian village: 7.6 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 7.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 2.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.4 mi
- Kelly Slide: 13.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 4.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.5 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.5 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.5 mi
- Maori Head: 8.0 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 8.2 mi
- Waterfront: 8.7 mi
- Boating Side: 8.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.6 mi
- Pond View: 17.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 18.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Minortown Road Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Hill | NNW 338° | 344 m | 6.4 mi |
| Painter Hill | WNW 290° | 324 m | 5.6 mi |
| Carmel Hill | NW 326° | 322 m | 5.6 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NW 305° | 322 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bell Hill | NW 307° | 299 m | 6.9 mi |
| Magnolia Hill | N 357° | 294 m | 4.6 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 134° | 292 m | 3.7 mi |
| Good Hill | WSW 254° | 292 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1208163499
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