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Riverton Road Preserve

Riverton Road Preserve from directly overhead

Riverton Road Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. East Bald Mountain stands 519 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunxis Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

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Operated by
Winchester Land Trust
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Coordinates41.95301, -73.03929

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 50
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 1.8 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 2.9 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 3.8 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 4.6 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Bike Sculpture: 13.7 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 17.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 17.6 mi
  • The Globe: 17.6 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 39
  • Southwick Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.8 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 17.5 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Winsted Cliffs: 3.2 mi
  • The Beech: 8.2 mi
  • Space Invaders: 8.2 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 8.2 mi
  • Acorn Face: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Bald MountainWNW 303°519 m9.8 mi
Seymour MountainNNW 336°517 m8.0 mi
Dodds MountainNNW 333°516 m8.9 mi
Haystack MountainWNW 292°510 m9.4 mi
Dutton MountainWNW 282°506 m8.1 mi
Brown MountainNW 306°499 m9.1 mi
Barry HillNW 316°497 m9.4 mi
Dennis HillW 268°496 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340655859

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