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Sucker Brook Preserve

Sucker Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Sucker Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. Bald Mountain stands 539 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Point Ridge, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Winchester Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91605, -73.10383

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 59
Attractions: 48
  • 4 towns meet: 3.3 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 5.3 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 5.5 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 39
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.3 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.8 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 39
Cliffs: 26
  • Winsted Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 8.6 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 9.8 mi
  • The Beech: 10.8 mi
  • Space Invaders: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 4.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Sucker Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 323°539 m9.6 mi
Wangum Lake HillWNW 296°521 m8.8 mi
East Bald MountainNNW 328°519 m9.3 mi
Haystack MountainNW 319°510 m8.2 mi
Dutton MountainNW 312°506 m6.3 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 244°504 m6.9 mi
Brown MountainNNW 333°499 m8.9 mi
The MatterhornWNW 285°498 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340655877

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