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Reaching Hill Road Preserve

Reaching Hill Road Preserve from directly overhead

Reaching Hill Road Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Wangum Lake Hill stands 521 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Club Island Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Winchester Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.90125, -73.10043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 57
Attractions: 47
  • 4 towns meet: 2.6 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 5.6 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 5.6 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.2 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 45
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.4 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 26
  • Winsted Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 7.9 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 8.9 mi
  • The Beech: 11.7 mi
  • Space Invaders: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 3.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Reaching Hill Road Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wangum Lake HillWNW 301°521 m9.4 mi
Haystack MountainNW 322°510 m9.1 mi
Dutton MountainNW 317°506 m7.1 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 252°504 m6.6 mi
The MatterhornWNW 291°498 m8.6 mi
Dennis HillWNW 303°496 m6.0 mi
Sedgwick MountainWSW 258°495 m9.3 mi
Brass MountainWSW 248°491 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340656022

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