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Moore Preserve

Moore Preserve from directly overhead

Moore Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Mount Riga stands 534 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beardsley Pond, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sharon Land Trust
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89235, -73.44745
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums: 34
Historic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 30
Attractions: 22
  • Town Hill Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 6.3 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 11.4 mi
  • wings castle: 12.5 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 8
  • Judea Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Newsboy Statue: 20.4 mi
  • Diving Lady: 21.3 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 22.1 mi
  • Naked Lady: 22.3 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 24.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Moore Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RigaN 351°534 m7.1 mi
Thorpe MountainNNW 343°518 m7.1 mi
Bird PeakNNW 343°477 m6.3 mi
Ellsworth HillS 182°473 m6.2 mi
Howe MountainE 82°473 m7.7 mi
Cream HillE 85°452 m6.5 mi
Sharon MountainSE 139°445 m2.8 mi
Barrack MountainENE 62°445 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1064462038

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