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Strong Road Parcel

Strong Road Parcel from directly overhead

Strong Road Parcel is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Valley Estates Open Space, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.83824, -72.58779
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • VW: 6.0 mi
  • Farm Tool: 6.0 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 6.2 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 9.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 11.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Windham Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.9 mi
  • Rd: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Strong Road Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillENE 74°294 m10.8 mi
Grant HillE 98°284 m10.4 mi
Sugar HillENE 71°282 m11.8 mi
Talcott MountainW 261°276 m11.0 mi
Reed HillE 87°275 m9.6 mi
MannantuckSSE 146°273 m10.7 mi
John Tom HillSSE 146°272 m10.7 mi
Newell HillENE 58°264 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436645

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