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Richard and Barbara Booth Woods Preserve

Richard and Barbara Booth Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Richard and Barbara Booth Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Reardon Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust Inc

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65287, -72.59972

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Taylor Family Circle: 0.5 mi
  • Grange Pool: 1.1 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Ferry Landing Park: 1.6 mi
  • Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Waterfalls
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 4.9 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 5.0 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 5.1 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 56
Cliffs: 21
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Richard and Barbara Booth Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 59°273 m7.6 mi
John Tom HillENE 59°272 m7.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 118°265 m3.3 mi
Clark HillSE 136°241 m5.5 mi
Kongscut MountainENE 60°234 m5.8 mi
Birch MountainNE 42°233 m9.0 mi
Raccoon HillSE 137°228 m4.0 mi
Great HillSSE 155°222 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/949278858

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