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Thomas Pool Memorial

Thomas Pool Memorial from directly overhead

Thomas Pool Memorial is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Briar Court & Salvadore Memorial Preserves, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50689, -72.93330

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mixville Park: 0.8 mi
  • The Church Green: 1.7 mi
  • Forger Park: 1.9 mi
  • Gateway Park: 1.9 mi
  • Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.1 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Red Bridge: 5.0 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 6.1 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 6.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 55
Attractions: 52
  • Libby's Lump: 8.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.4 mi
  • 1954: 10.5 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 10.8 mi
  • Rock House: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 49
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Pond View: 20.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 4.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Thomas Pool Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillNNW 348°312 m8.2 mi
Clinton HillNNW 333°303 m8.6 mi
West PeakNE 50°301 m6.0 mi
Becar HillNNW 340°297 m8.4 mi
Compounce MountainN 358°290 m8.7 mi
Southington MountainN 353°281 m6.5 mi
East PeakNE 55°277 m6.1 mi
Andrews HillW 259°275 m8.3 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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440851

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