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Sharon Drive Preserve

Sharon Drive Preserve from directly overhead

Sharon Drive Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Mansion Road), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1990
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.48090, -72.90964
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Church Green: 1.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 2.4 mi
  • McNamara Field: 2.5 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.7 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.1 mi
  • South Quad: 4.5 mi
  • Red Bridge: 4.7 mi
  • Lyman Hall Monument: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Winnett Food Forest: 9.5 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 51
Attractions: 51
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.9 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 9.1 mi
  • 1954: 10.1 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.1 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.0 mi
  • Pond View: 20.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Sharon Drive Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNE 31°301 m6.6 mi
Southington MountainNNW 346°281 m8.5 mi
East PeakNE 36°277 m6.5 mi
Andrews HillW 271°275 m9.4 mi
Mount SanfordWSW 237°263 m2.4 mi
Turkey HillWNW 302°263 m5.4 mi
Prospect HillWNW 292°260 m3.9 mi
Hopkins HillW 275°259 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208939161

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