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Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve

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Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecausett Harper Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

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What to expect

Operated by
Middlesex Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56594, -72.62068

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bill Nolan Field: 0.7 mi
  • Tomasso Ballfield: 1.0 mi
  • Community Center: 1.3 mi
  • Agogliati Field: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Monument: 1.6 mi
  • Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.3 mi
Gardens
Waterfalls
Attractions: 58
  • Come On Over Wall: 1.3 mi
  • grindstone: 4.4 mi
  • George Washington rock: 4.5 mi
  • Bible Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 58
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainW 261°272 m6.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainNE 42°265 m6.0 mi
Clark HillENE 68°241 m5.3 mi
Raccoon HillNE 52°228 m4.9 mi
Great HillENE 74°222 m3.5 mi
Beseck MountainWSW 241°219 m7.4 mi
Camels HumpWSW 255°207 m6.4 mi
Clark HillNNE 29°206 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441161

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