Old Route 80
Old Route 80 is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Malley's Pond, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Guilford Land Conservation Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Malley's Pond: 0.7 mi
- Timberlands: 0.8 mi
- Timberlands: 1.1 mi
- Ironwoods Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Little Meadow Brook: 1.1 mi
- Race Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 2.0 mi
- Long Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hungry Hill: 2.6 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 2.5 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 3.6 mi
- Guilford Vietnam War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Guilford Soldiers Monument: 4.8 mi
- Nut Plains Park: 2.6 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 2.8 mi
- Long Hill Park: 3.1 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.2 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 4.7 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 4.8 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 6.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 5.9 mi
- Circle Beach: 6.2 mi
- Shell Beach: 6.3 mi
- East Rive Beach: 6.4 mi
- Daniel Ave. Beach: 6.5 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 4.0 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 11.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 11.8 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 5.6 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Bear Cave: 2.2 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 3.7 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 4.6 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 5.7 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 7.3 mi
- snake: 3.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 4.9 mi
- James Madison: 6.8 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 11.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 12.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 4.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 7.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.0 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Old Route 80. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | NNW 342° | 232 m | 7.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNW 337° | 230 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNW 335° | 210 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | NE 45° | 201 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 7° | 196 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NNE 19° | 186 m | 11.2 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NW 308° | 176 m | 5.1 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NNW 348° | 167 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1135275642
Day trips start here
- Essex · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 16 mi
- Old Lyme · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- East Lyme · 24 mi
- Waterford · 28 mi
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