Roy Huse Collins Preserve
Roy Huse Collins Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Easement, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Middlesex Land Trust
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert Easement: 0.6 mi
- Scoville Tract: 0.8 mi
- Whispering Hollow Subdivision: 0.9 mi
- Dayton Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Abe Tempkin Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Belltown Hill: 1.0 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.5 mi
- Jouncer Hill: 1.8 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 1.8 mi
- Strickland Hill: 2.1 mi
- Taylor Family Circle: 1.1 mi
- Matson Hill Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Grange Pool: 2.0 mi
- Oakwood Soccer Park: 2.1 mi
- Bransfield Park: 2.4 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 1.1 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 1.3 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 2.0 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1677: 2.2 mi
- Billings Manufacturing 1884: 2.4 mi
- Cascades: 2.0 mi
- Dividend Falls: 2.4 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- The Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Glen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Face in Tree: 2.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.2 mi
- First Tear: 6.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 6.9 mi
- Frog: 7.2 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 2.4 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 3.3 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 3.6 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 3.7 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 3.9 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 5.4 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.6 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.2 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.3 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 6.2 mi
- Crow Point: 5.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.0 mi
- Green Wall: 13.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 13.3 mi
- South Wall: 14.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 21.4 mi
- Boating Side: 23.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Roy Huse Collins Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | NE 50° | 273 m | 7.9 mi |
| John Tom Hill | NE 50° | 272 m | 7.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | E 98° | 265 m | 2.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | SE 130° | 241 m | 4.3 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | NE 47° | 234 m | 6.2 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 127° | 228 m | 2.9 mi |
| Great Hill | SSE 155° | 222 m | 4.2 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | NNE 33° | 215 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/971168217
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 20 mi
- Tolland · 20 mi
- Willimantic · 20 mi
- Storrs · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
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