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Sperry Tract

Sperry Tract from directly overhead

Sperry Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Clinton Hill stands 303 m to the northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Seebach Tract, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Middlebury Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55875, -73.10387

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • U.S.D.A plaque: 1.2 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Ledgewood Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 1.8 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 1.9 mi
Museums
Gardens: 58
Waterfalls: 55
Attractions: 44
Beaches: 40
Artworks: 28
  • Whale Sculpture: 3.1 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 3.1 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 3.1 mi
  • Maori Head: 3.6 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 5.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 12.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Pond View: 18.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cold Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Sperry Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clinton HillNE 50°303 m6.4 mi
Becar HillNE 54°297 m7.4 mi
Magnolia HillNW 320°294 m7.1 mi
Great HillSW 224°292 m2.4 mi
Blackmans HillWSW 250°282 m3.6 mi
Andrews HillS 172°275 m5.2 mi
Woodruff HillSSW 192°273 m4.9 mi
Bucks HillNE 50°268 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203000831

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