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Mooney Preserve

Mooney Preserve from directly overhead

Mooney Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Grace Kellogg Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Granby Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.01022, -72.82127

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • John R. Bierman: 2.4 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 4.7 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 4.8 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 7.2 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 8.0 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens: 57
  • Southwick Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Providence Arboretum: 7.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Angel of Independence: 7.9 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 8.3 mi
  • The Globe: 8.5 mi
  • Epiphany: 9.0 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 47
  • state boundary marker: 4.6 mi
  • cellar hole: 5.5 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 5.7 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 7.0 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Lost Acres Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Enders Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Enders Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Grotto: 13.3 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 13.3 mi
  • Acorn Face: 13.3 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 15.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mooney Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillNW 315°448 m7.7 mi
Sweetman MountainNNW 332°446 m7.5 mi
Johnson HillWNW 283°439 m9.4 mi
Prospect HillNW 307°425 m6.9 mi
Pine MountainWSW 244°421 m6.1 mi
Holden HillNNW 328°412 m7.2 mi
Booth HillW 276°411 m7.6 mi
Winchell MountainNW 308°403 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1249988019

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