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Silas Hall Pond Preserve

Silas Hall Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Silas Hall Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 395 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Grant Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

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Nature Conservancy of Connecticut Inc.
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Coordinates41.93400, -73.14928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls: 57
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 52
Attractions: 46
  • 4 towns meet: 5.9 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 7.4 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 7.8 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 7.9 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.3 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Winsted Cliffs: 4.4 mi
  • The Beech: 10.2 mi
  • Space Invaders: 10.3 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 10.3 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Bike Sculpture: 18.3 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 20.6 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 22.0 mi
  • Naked Lady: 22.5 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 6.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Silas Hall Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainWNW 297°584 m8.3 mi
Bald MountainNNW 332°539 m7.3 mi
Stone Man MountainWNW 283°528 m7.0 mi
Wangum Lake HillWNW 294°521 m6.1 mi
East Bald MountainNNW 339°519 m7.1 mi
Seymour MountainNNE 15°517 m8.9 mi
Haystack MountainNNW 328°510 m5.8 mi
Dutton MountainNW 322°506 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440030

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