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Swan Estate and Riley Parcel

Swan Estate and Riley Parcel from directly overhead

Swan Estate and Riley Parcel is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Horizon Resub Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust Inc
Getting there

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Coordinates41.71497, -72.47211
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 2.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 2.9 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.7 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
  • Butler Field: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 3.8 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
  • Blackledge Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 2.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Swan Estate and Riley Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNNE 32°284 m8.3 mi
Reed HillNNE 22°275 m9.7 mi
MannantuckS 185°273 m0.4 mi
John Tom HillS 183°272 m0.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 212°265 m6.9 mi
Box HillN 9°252 m6.1 mi
Clark HillSSW 199°241 m8.7 mi
Post HillESE 113°239 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/951327599

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