Swendsen Farm Preserve
Swendsen Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Mount Prospect stands 400 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Horizon, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Bethlehem
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Horizon: 0.3 mi
- Sky Meadow: 0.4 mi
- Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve: 0.4 mi
- High Meadow Farms: 0.5 mi
- Bellamy Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Magnolia Hill: 0.6 mi
- French Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bird Hill: 2.3 mi
- Todd Hill: 2.4 mi
- Carmel Hill: 3.2 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 1.1 mi
- James Morris Museum and Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room: 2.7 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 4.7 mi
- White Memorial Conservation Center: 5.6 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 6.4 mi
- Town Green: 1.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Nystrom Park: 4.4 mi
- Al Deland Field: 4.8 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 4.5 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 6.7 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 7.5 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 7.5 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 7.5 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 2.8 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 5.7 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 5.7 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 1.1 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 1.1 mi
- Rock House: 5.2 mi
- Peter's Forge: 7.2 mi
- Indian village: 7.4 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.8 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 7.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 7.9 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 9.0 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 5.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 7.3 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 9.4 mi
- Ravens Roost: 11.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.3 mi
- Waterfront: 7.6 mi
- Boating Side: 7.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 6.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.8 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.8 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.9 mi
- Maori Head: 10.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
- Pond View: 22.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 23.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 23.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 23.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.5 mi
- Big Spring: 23.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Swendsen Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Prospect | NNW 329° | 400 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | NW 307° | 393 m | 5.5 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | NNE 12° | 378 m | 7.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 8° | 359 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Rat | WNW 296° | 352 m | 6.6 mi |
| Guernsey Hill | NNE 32° | 346 m | 5.3 mi |
| Todd Hill | WNW 288° | 344 m | 2.4 mi |
| Poor House Hill | NNW 344° | 336 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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