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Shuttleworth Lower

Shuttleworth Lower from directly overhead

Shuttleworth Lower is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuttleworth Upper, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Flanders Nature Center

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59331, -73.24044

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Miller Family Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 3.0 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.3 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 4.2 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 4.9 mi
Parks
  • Three Rivers Park: 3.0 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 3.5 mi
  • Town Green: 3.6 mi
  • Woodbury South Green: 4.2 mi
  • Hollow Park: 4.4 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 33
Gardens: 33
Beaches: 17
  • Morris Town Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 10.6 mi
  • Boating Side: 10.7 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Jean Widmark: 2.2 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 10.5 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 10.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 10.5 mi
  • Maori Head: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
  • Pond View: 19.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 21.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Shuttleworth Lower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 346°393 m7.1 mi
Mount RatNNW 334°352 m7.3 mi
Todd HillN 5°344 m4.4 mi
Poor House HillNNE 14°336 m7.1 mi
Apple HillN 10°334 m6.9 mi
Little Mount TomN 350°331 m6.5 mi
Painter HillW 279°324 m2.6 mi
Lower Church HillWNW 297°324 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208825314

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