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Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve

Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve from directly overhead

Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Mountain Parcel, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Berlin

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63023, -72.81084

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 0.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascades: 6.2 mi
  • Spruce Glen Falls: 8.9 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks: 52
Cliffs: 21
  • Green Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 5.1 mi
  • South Wall: 9.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 9.4 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 20.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainW 280°313 m7.2 mi
Lindsley HillW 266°312 m8.0 mi
West PeakSSW 200°301 m5.0 mi
Becar HillW 266°297 m9.2 mi
Compounce MountainW 271°290 m6.6 mi
Fall MountainW 276°284 m9.3 mi
Southington MountainWSW 254°281 m7.4 mi
East PeakSSW 195°277 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435816

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