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Mount Tom Preserve

Mount Tom Preserve from directly overhead

Mount Tom Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the north-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.62527, -73.41274
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites: 48
  • Jim Hulton: 2.6 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.3 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 4.6 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.9 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 7.9 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 36
  • New Preston Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 23
Beaches: 17
Gardens: 16
  • Judea Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 12.3 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 9
  • Jean Widmark: 8.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 14.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 14.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 17.6 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 23.2 mi
  • Pond View: 23.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Mount Tom Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear HillNNE 16°390 m2.4 mi
Segar MountainNNW 335°366 m6.1 mi
Tinker HillNNE 29°364 m5.1 mi
Mount BushnellNE 34°363 m4.8 mi
Turner MountainWSW 242°362 m6.2 mi
Peet HillNNW 344°359 m3.5 mi
Leonard MountainNNW 334°357 m6.2 mi
Flat RockN 350°348 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

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, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440962

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