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Sylvan Lane Preserve

Sylvan Lane Preserve from directly overhead

Sylvan Lane Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Strathmore Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.49743, -72.91900

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Church Green: 0.9 mi
  • Bartlem Park: 1.1 mi
  • Gateway Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mixville Park: 1.7 mi
  • McNamara Field: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 1.4 mi
  • Red Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.3 mi
  • South Quad: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 60
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 4.5 mi
  • Spruce Glen Falls: 6.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 55
Attractions: 53
  • Libby's Lump: 8.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.3 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 9.9 mi
  • 1954: 10.0 mi
  • Millstone: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 49
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Pond View: 20.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.8 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Sylvan Lane Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillNNW 345°312 m9.0 mi
Clinton HillNNW 331°303 m9.5 mi
West PeakNE 41°301 m5.9 mi
Becar HillNNW 337°297 m9.2 mi
Compounce MountainN 354°290 m9.4 mi
Southington MountainNNW 348°281 m7.2 mi
East PeakNE 46°277 m5.9 mi
Andrews HillW 264°275 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440853

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