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Stuart Brook Preserve

Stuart Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Stuart Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Penfield Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Middlesex Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58923, -72.57616

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Parks
  • Bransfield Park: 1.5 mi
  • Portland Recreational Complex: 1.5 mi
  • Oakwood Soccer Park: 1.8 mi
  • Cobolt Landing: 2.4 mi
  • Middle Haddam Historic District: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 56
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 1.9 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 1.9 mi
  • Come On Over Wall: 3.9 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 4.3 mi
  • grindstone: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 54
Beaches: 29
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Stuart Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainNNE 32°265 m3.3 mi
Clark HillE 81°241 m2.6 mi
Kongscut MountainNNE 27°234 m8.3 mi
Raccoon HillNE 47°228 m2.1 mi
Great HillESE 120°222 m1.2 mi
Clark HillN 10°206 m3.7 mi
Baker HillE 92°204 m4.5 mi
Bear HillS 190°199 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/971168189

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