Pecausett Harper Preserve
Pecausett Harper Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Middlesex Land Trust
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Carlson Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Brownstone Park: 1.1 mi
- Bartlett Hill Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
- Bill Nolan Field: 0.9 mi
- Tomasso Ballfield: 1.2 mi
- Agogliati Field: 1.4 mi
- Community Center: 1.4 mi
- Crow Hill: 0.7 mi
- Duck Hill: 0.8 mi
- Straits Hill: 0.9 mi
- White Rock: 1.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.6 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.8 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 1.7 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.5 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Glen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 3.5 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 4.5 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 1.8 mi
- First Tear: 2.8 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 8.9 mi
- Home: 10.9 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 1.5 mi
- grindstone: 4.4 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.4 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 4.4 mi
- George Washington rock: 4.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.5 mi
- East Rive Beach: 20.7 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 20.8 mi
- Crow Point: 9.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 11.7 mi
- Green Wall: 14.4 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 14.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Pecausett Harper Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 260° | 272 m | 6.5 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NE 42° | 265 m | 5.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 68° | 241 m | 5.1 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 51° | 228 m | 4.8 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 74° | 222 m | 3.3 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 241° | 219 m | 7.6 mi |
| Camels Hump | WSW 255° | 207 m | 6.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNE 28° | 206 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/971183296
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- Essex · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- East Windsor · 24 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
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