Nature reserve · Connecticut

Puchalski Property

Puchalski Property from directly overhead

Puchalski Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben's Homestead, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Town of Cheshire

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.49119, -72.93641

18.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Waterfalls

Roaring Brook Falls: 0.6 mi
Cascade: 0.7 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 4.4 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 4.5 mi
Hopp Brook Falls: 5.7 mi

Historic sites

Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 1.2 mi
Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.2 mi
Rochambeau Monument: 5.5 mi
Red Bridge: 5.5 mi
South Quad: 5.5 mi

Parks

Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.2 mi
Forger Park: 1.4 mi
Bartlem Park: 1.7 mi
Mixville Park: 1.8 mi
The Church Green: 1.8 mi

Peaks

Bluff Head: 1.7 mi
Talmadge Hill: 2.0 mi
Mount Sanford: 2.1 mi
Prospect Mountain: 2.2 mi
Peck Mountain: 2.3 mi

Museums

Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 3.5 mi
Jonathan Dickerman House: 5.2 mi
Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 6.1 mi
Wallingford Historical Society: 6.6 mi
Wallingford Historical Society: 6.7 mi

Gardens

Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
Bethany Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.0 mi
Sustainable Garden: 8.0 mi
Japanese Garden: 8.0 mi

Artworks53

Maori Head: 6.6 mi
Greetings from Waterbury: 7.0 mi
Ben Franklin: 7.1 mi
Whale Sculpture: 7.1 mi
End of the Line/West Rock: 11.1 mi

Attractions52

World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.4 mi
Libby's Lump: 9.3 mi
Washington Trail monument: 10.6 mi
1954: 11.0 mi
Millstone: 12.1 mi

Beaches50

Mattatuck Beach: 4.6 mi
Dossin Park Beach: 5.5 mi
Lake Beseck Beach: 10.6 mi
Boating Side: 11.2 mi
Waterfront: 11.2 mi

Cliffs21

Whitestone Cliffs: 10.9 mi
Satan's Dog Bowl: 13.2 mi
Bluff Head: 13.6 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 14.1 mi
Bethel Rock: 14.2 mi

Picnic sites7

Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
Pond View: 19.7 mi
The Rotary Pavilion: 19.8 mi
Oak Grove: 20.1 mi
Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.3 mi

Rest areas5

Southington Rest Area: 5.9 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 8.4 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.9 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.7 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.7 mi

Lighthouses3

Springs1

Cold Spring: 11.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Johnsonville Village: 24.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Puchalski Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Lindsley Hill	N 351°	312 m	9.2 mi
Clinton Hill	NNW 337°	303 m	9.5 mi
West Peak	NE 44°	301 m	6.9 mi
Becar Hill	NNW 343°	297 m	9.3 mi
Southington Mountain	N 355°	281 m	7.5 mi
East Peak	NE 49°	277 m	6.9 mi
Andrews Hill	W 266°	275 m	8.0 mi
Bucks Hill	NNW 331°	268 m	9.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:27	19:04
June solstice	05:19	19:48	20:30
September equinox	06:40	18:14	18:51
December solstice	07:16	15:41	16:26

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208932310

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