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Moosehorn Access Preserve

Moosehorn Access Preserve from directly overhead

Moosehorn Access Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Humphrey Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Roxbury Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.58457, -73.30291
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 1.7 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 2.3 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 5.9 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 6.5 mi
Parks
Waterfalls: 57
Museums: 46
Attractions: 31
Gardens: 22
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 11
  • Jean Widmark: 2.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 13.5 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 13.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 13.9 mi
  • Pond View: 18.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hermit spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Moosehorn Access Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear HillNW 315°390 m7.1 mi
Mount RatN 360°352 m7.2 mi
Todd HillNE 36°344 m6.1 mi
Painter HillNE 35°324 m1.2 mi
Lower Church HillNNW 328°324 m3.9 mi
Iron HillNW 311°323 m7.1 mi
Plumb HillN 11°322 m2.9 mi
Carmel HillNE 37°322 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1160953580

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