Ten Mile River Preserve
Ten Mile River Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mixville Hills Property, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cheshire Land Trust
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mixville Hills Property: 1.1 mi
- Yankee Expressway Highlands: 1.2 mi
- Josephine's Woods Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Contour Drive): 1.9 mi
- Briar Court & Salvadore Memorial Preserves: 2.4 mi
- Peck Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 2.4 mi
- Tame Buck Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.8 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 3.9 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 1.7 mi
- Bradley Barnes Museum: 4.8 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 5.5 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 6.2 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 6.2 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 1.9 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.5 mi
- Red Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 6.1 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 6.1 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 1.9 mi
- Mixville Park: 1.9 mi
- Cheshire Park: 2.0 mi
- Copper Valley Club: 2.2 mi
- Panthorn Park: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 7.6 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.6 mi
- Biblical Garden: 7.7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Cascades: 7.0 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 7.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.4 mi
- Libby's Lump: 5.8 mi
- 1954: 9.6 mi
- Rock House: 10.8 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 11.5 mi
- Hospital Rock: 11.5 mi
- Maori Head: 5.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 6.2 mi
- Ben Franklin: 6.3 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.3 mi
- Home: 11.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 1.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 4.6 mi
- Boating Side: 8.7 mi
- Waterfront: 8.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.0 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.0 mi
- Green Wall: 11.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.0 mi
- Ravens Roost: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
- Pond View: 22.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 22.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 22.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 23.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Ten Mile River Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | N 351° | 313 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | NNW 339° | 312 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NW 320° | 303 m | 6.8 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 72° | 301 m | 4.4 mi |
| Becar Hill | NNW 329° | 297 m | 6.3 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | N 353° | 290 m | 6.2 mi |
| Fall Mountain | NNW 334° | 284 m | 7.9 mi |
| Southington Mountain | NNW 343° | 281 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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