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Robbins Preserve

Robbins Preserve from directly overhead

Robbins Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Leary Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.99430, -71.80909

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Little Pond Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
  • Quaddick Reservoir Boat Launc: 2.7 mi
  • Wilsonville Playground: 3.7 mi
  • Heritage Way Park: 4.4 mi
  • Thompson War Memorial: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 10.4 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 10.4 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 13.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 52
Museums: 37
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 17
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Small House Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Woodward's Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 20.0 mi
  • Pond Cave: 20.2 mi
  • The Wall: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cargill Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Thirsty Beaver: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 14.2 mi
  • Site #36: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillN 355°277 m3.7 mi
Goat HillN 359°268 m7.5 mi
Bare HillN 351°262 m6.0 mi
Whittier HillN 0°256 m8.7 mi
Fort HillNNW 346°253 m7.2 mi
Durfee HillSSE 155°244 m7.8 mi
Whites HillSSE 168°240 m8.3 mi
Pine HillSSE 162°235 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2318:59
June solstice05:1319:4520:27
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1315:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1002150190

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