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Pole Bridge Road Preserve

Pole Bridge Road Preserve from directly overhead

Pole Bridge Road Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Stickney Hill stands 371 m to the west, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Morse Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 3.6 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New Roxbury Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98549, -72.06833

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 1.3 mi
  • Bigelow Pond Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
  • Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
  • Town Commons: 5.3 mi
  • Town Commons: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 5.7 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 7.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 38
Museums: 35
Gardens: 19
  • Small House Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 15.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cargill Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Cascade: 14.6 mi
  • Cascades: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 2.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Pole Bridge Road Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stickney HillW 275°371 m5.9 mi
Bald HillW 263°371 m6.7 mi
Lead Mine HillWSW 255°361 m6.2 mi
Coye HillW 268°331 m2.9 mi
Walker MountainWSW 252°325 m3.7 mi
Hatchet HillNNW 346°313 m2.8 mi
Corbin HillWNW 291°289 m1.4 mi
Coatney HillSE 130°283 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1415:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465766706962494031
Precip in4.13.54.64.43.74.44.34.44.25.04.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/964149276

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