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Schindler-Schmidt Conservation Area

Schindler-Schmidt Conservation Area from directly overhead

Schindler-Schmidt Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Kendall Mountain Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.90779, -72.36823

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Crystal Springs: 1.3 mi
  • North Cemetery: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 2.2 mi
  • River Road Park: 4.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.3 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.0 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 9.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 53
  • filled-in well: 6.6 mi
  • Goat Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.2 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 13.0 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 2.8 mi
  • sensory garden: 4.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Cascades: 7.9 mi
  • Cascades: 8.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Rd: 24.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.6 mi
  • Picnic: 16.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Schindler-Schmidt Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 47°396 m11.1 mi
Bald HillENE 62°371 m9.9 mi
Stickney HillENE 58°371 m11.2 mi
Snow HillENE 68°362 m8.7 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 68°361 m10.1 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 56°354 m8.4 mi
Tupper HillNNE 30°352 m9.9 mi
Bear HillNNE 31°347 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/802665477

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