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The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned)

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The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates41.45798, -72.98386

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bethany Library Park: 2.2 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Forger Park: 2.5 mi
  • Canfield Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pole Hill Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 3.5 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Fountain: 4.4 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.1 mi
  • South Quad: 5.4 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 57
Gardens: 57
  • Bethany Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 57
Attractions: 47
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.4 mi
  • Millstone: 9.4 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 11.9 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 27
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Pond View: 16.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillWNW 304°292 m9.5 mi
Andrews HillWNW 288°275 m5.8 mi
Woodruff HillWNW 287°273 m7.6 mi
Mount SanfordE 82°263 m1.8 mi
Turkey HillN 350°263 m4.5 mi
Prospect HillN 4°260 m3.1 mi
Hopkins HillNNW 327°259 m2.4 mi
Prospect MountainNNE 34°253 m1.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437484

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