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Orchard Preserve

Orchard Preserve from directly overhead

Orchard Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. West Ledge stands 305 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Westmoor Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77743, -72.77184
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 0.7 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Primary Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 0.8 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 1.2 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 1.4 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Waterfalls
Artworks: 57
Cliffs: 17
  • Garden Wall: 1.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 1.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 1.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 1.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 1.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 15.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Orchard Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNNW 328°305 m9.8 mi
Scranton MountainW 264°300 m10.1 mi
Schoolhouse HillW 274°288 m10.8 mi
Barnes HillW 275°283 m9.4 mi
Talcott MountainNNW 330°276 m2.7 mi
Garrett MountainWNW 282°275 m10.4 mi
Taine MountainW 263°268 m7.5 mi
Wildcat MountainWSW 258°262 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1500216536

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