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Swann Farm Preserve

Swann Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Swann Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyers Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94373, -72.49642

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • East Windsor Town Park: 3.1 mi
  • Mill Pond: 3.1 mi
  • EW Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Arbor Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 3.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 5.2 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Side Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 6.9 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 8.5 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 8.5 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.6 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 10.1 mi
  • Sorry Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 11.9 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 11.9 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 51
  • filled-in well: 8.0 mi
  • Goat Rock: 8.8 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 9.1 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 10.1 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.3 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 19.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.2 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Picnic: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Swann Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillENE 61°332 m8.3 mi
Moon MountainNE 38°330 m11.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillNE 36°323 m7.7 mi
Bald MountainNE 53°322 m5.5 mi
Pine MountainNE 35°319 m8.4 mi
Soapstone MountainENE 76°315 m4.4 mi
Bald MountainNE 37°303 m8.1 mi
Perkins MountainNE 39°298 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366540

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