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The Village

The Village from directly overhead

The Village is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Platt Hill stands 443 m to the west, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Holcomb Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

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Boulder Village Properties LLC
Getting there

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Coordinates41.90085, -72.97124

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Callahan Park: 1.6 mi
  • West Hill Pond Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
  • Rowley Fields: 4.7 mi
  • Walker Field: 4.9 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 5.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 4.6 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 8.5 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 8.7 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kingdom Game Club: 2.3 mi
  • Town of Barkhamsted property: 2.5 mi
  • Town of Barkhamsted property: 2.8 mi
  • Joan Kenney Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Canton Land Conservation Trust: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Southwick Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Shade Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Herb Garden: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Bike Sculpture: 8.9 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 12.7 mi
  • Cow: 14.3 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 14.9 mi
  • Painted Cow: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 51
Attractions: 49
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 2.2 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 3.4 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.0 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 4.3 mi
  • cellar hole: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 3.8 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 11.9 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 12.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 4.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of The Village. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platt HillW 268°443 m7.5 mi
Grant HillWNW 286°442 m10.1 mi
Panorama HillNW 307°440 m7.8 mi
Johnson HillN 351°439 m9.7 mi
Mount OuleoutW 268°433 m10.1 mi
Beecher HillNNW 344°430 m8.5 mi
Beech HillNNW 329°429 m9.7 mi
Mount PisgahNW 318°422 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439242

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