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Schneider Preserve

Schneider Preserve from directly overhead

Schneider Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the east, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is East Killingly Soccer Field, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85284, -71.82569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Pineville Mill: 2.6 mi
  • Six Toes trail marker: 6.7 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
Artworks
  • Graffiti Mural: 18.7 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 19.1 mi
  • Motion: 19.8 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 20.0 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 20.3 mi
Museums: 52
Attractions: 37
Gardens: 22
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 21.2 mi
  • Thread City Family Garden: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cargill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 7
  • Thirsty Beaver: 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic: 17.5 mi
  • Site #36: 20.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Big Beach: 20.6 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Schneider Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillE 96°256 m2.4 mi
Durfee HillENE 57°244 m5.0 mi
Whites HillENE 57°240 m3.1 mi
Pine HillENE 61°235 m3.9 mi
Prospect HillWNW 292°229 m7.2 mi
Hamlet HillWNW 287°226 m8.6 mi
Mount HygeiaE 91°224 m3.3 mi
Chestnut HillNNE 15°223 m1.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1215:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766716962514132
Precip in4.53.95.24.73.84.53.64.54.45.04.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Foster 1 E, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/965275475

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