Royal Knowlton Preserve
Royal Knowlton Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Daniel W. Talmadge Conservation Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Willington
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Daniel W. Talmadge Conservation Tract: 0.3 mi
- UConn Forest Moss Tract: 0.6 mi
- First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Daleville School Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Gurley–Mason Mill Site: 0.9 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 1.7 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Holt Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Wenberg Hill: 2.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Old root cellar: 2.5 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 3.5 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.9 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 2.6 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 2.7 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.8 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 2.9 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 2.7 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.8 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.5 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 4.1 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 2.6 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 2.6 mi
- The Arc: 2.6 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 2.6 mi
- Harvest Joy: 2.6 mi
- Wolf Rock: 5.9 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 7.3 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.5 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 10.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 10.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 2.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 1.3 mi
- Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.2 mi
- Streeter Beach: 19.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 3.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.7 mi
- Crow Point: 22.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 11.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.4 mi
- Picnic: 14.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Royal Knowlton Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NNE 11° | 371 m | 9.2 mi |
| Snow Hill | N 8° | 362 m | 7.8 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NNE 17° | 361 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | N 360° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sky Hill | NNE 15° | 331 m | 7.7 mi |
| Paulk Hill | WNW 288° | 294 m | 8.3 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNW 338° | 291 m | 3.6 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 22° | 290 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 3 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- Union · 11 mi
- Woodstock · 14 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 15 mi
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