Shangri-La Nature Preserve
Shangri-La Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Environmental Learning Centers
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Rock: 0.2 mi
- South Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Compounce Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hurley Hill: 1.8 mi
- West Hill: 1.9 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 0.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Centers: 1.0 mi
- Toffolon Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Russell Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Malone Pond): 1.9 mi
- Cascades: 0.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.6 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Whigville Falls: 5.7 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 1.1 mi
- Casey Field: 1.1 mi
- Brackett Park: 1.3 mi
- Wilson Playground: 1.7 mi
- Rockwell Park: 1.8 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 1.2 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 1.2 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 1.6 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 1.8 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 1.7 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 1.8 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 4.4 mi
- plinth: 5.8 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 5.9 mi
- Libby's Lump: 1.9 mi
- Tory's Den: 5.5 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 5.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 6.1 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.3 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.9 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 9.9 mi
- Home: 8.1 mi
- Maori Head: 8.6 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.8 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.8 mi
- Ravens Roost: 5.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Green Wall: 6.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Boating Side: 5.4 mi
- Waterfront: 5.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 6.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 14.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 16.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.4 mi
- Big Spring: 21.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Shangri-La Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNW 338° | 354 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 233° | 313 m | 0.6 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 213° | 312 m | 2.5 mi |
| Lattin Hill | WNW 284° | 310 m | 9.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WNW 282° | 307 m | 9.2 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 236° | 303 m | 4.4 mi |
| West Peak | SE 142° | 301 m | 8.0 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | N 349° | 300 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1109654962
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- East Windsor · 27 mi
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