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Saint Peter's Preserve

Saint Peter's Preserve from directly overhead

Saint Peter's Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Yaps Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saint Peter's Parish Episcopal Ecclesiological Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.65650, -72.36213
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Little League Baseball Park: 2.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 2.1 mi
  • Mono Pond Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill: 1.6 mi
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 1.6 mi
  • dog memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Dr. William Beaumont: 7.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.3 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 3.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Grayville Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 5.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.6 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.8 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Saint Peter's Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckWNW 302°273 m6.8 mi
John Tom HillWNW 303°272 m6.8 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 259°265 m9.5 mi
Clark HillWSW 243°241 m9.5 mi
Post HillNE 50°239 m1.6 mi
Lookout MountainNW 317°237 m9.3 mi
Kongscut MountainWNW 291°234 m7.7 mi
Birch MountainNW 316°233 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/788872127

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