Shailor Ledges Preserve
Shailor Ledges Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is grindstone, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Middlesex Land Trust
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Intermittent Waterfall: 1.0 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 1.6 mi
- Seven Falls: 1.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 2.7 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 3.1 mi
- Hurd State Park: 1.2 mi
- Dart Island State Park: 1.5 mi
- Spiderweed Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Swan Hill Preserve: 2.0 mi
- George Dudley Seymour State Park: 2.1 mi
- Split Rock: 1.2 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.5 mi
- White Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hog Hill: 1.7 mi
- Indian Hill: 2.3 mi
- Brickyard Ballfield: 1.7 mi
- Cobolt Landing: 1.7 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 1.8 mi
- Rock Park: 1.8 mi
- Higganum Reservoir Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 2.2 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 2.4 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 4.3 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 4.5 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 4.5 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 4.6 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 5.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 4.6 mi
- First Tear: 5.7 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.2 mi
- snake: 10.3 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 12.4 mi
- Gingers Garden: 5.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.1 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- grindstone: 0.8 mi
- George Washington rock: 1.6 mi
- Bible Rock: 2.0 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 3.3 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 14.1 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 18.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 18.4 mi
- Grove Beach: 18.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.3 mi
- Crow Point: 12.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 14.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 5.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Shailor Ledges Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | N 10° | 265 m | 6.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNE 25° | 241 m | 4.9 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | N 11° | 228 m | 5.6 mi |
| Great Hill | N 9° | 222 m | 3.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | N 1° | 206 m | 7.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | NE 46° | 204 m | 5.6 mi |
| Goose Hill | S 180° | 201 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | WSW 245° | 199 m | 1.5 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 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/985370694
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Essex · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 19 mi
- Old Lyme · 20 mi
- East Lyme · 21 mi
- Montville · 22 mi
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