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Podgwaite Preserve

Podgwaite Preserve from directly overhead

Podgwaite Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Sanford, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bethany Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.46057, -72.96564
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.6 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.4 mi
  • South Quad: 4.7 mi
  • Honor Hill Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Bethany Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.2 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 58
Beaches: 55
Attractions: 48
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.8 mi
  • Millstone: 10.3 mi
  • Millstone: 10.4 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 11.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 27
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
  • Pond View: 17.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Podgwaite Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNE 42°301 m9.4 mi
Andrews HillWNW 284°275 m6.7 mi
Woodruff HillWNW 284°273 m8.4 mi
Mount SanfordE 84°263 m0.9 mi
Turkey HillNNW 338°263 m4.6 mi
Prospect HillNNW 346°260 m3.0 mi
Hopkins HillNW 309°259 m2.9 mi
Prospect MountainNNW 343°253 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203296799

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