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Speer Reserve

Speer Reserve from directly overhead

Speer Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Phillip Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wintonbury Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates41.82685, -72.78247
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 2.6 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 2.9 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 3.8 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 4.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Perennial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Primary Garden: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 60
Attractions: 59
Artworks: 57
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Cow: 3.9 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Painted Cow: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 3.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 3.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Speer Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ratlum MountainWNW 300°358 m8.6 mi
Breezy HillWNW 292°327 m8.7 mi
Pine ConeNNW 332°323 m9.6 mi
West LedgeNW 316°305 m6.8 mi
Scranton MountainWSW 244°300 m10.5 mi
Jones MountainWNW 287°294 m10.4 mi
Bee MountainW 268°285 m10.5 mi
Barnes HillWSW 254°283 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/548636267

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