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Thompson Brook Preserve

Thompson Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Thompson Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Osprey Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.41217, -72.04673

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Christy Hill Field: 1.4 mi
  • Farquahar Park: 2.0 mi
  • Erickson Park: 2.1 mi
  • Donahue Property: 2.3 mi
  • Pfizer Field: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 56
Attractions: 26
Waterfalls: 26
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Silver Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 18
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Factory Pond: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Thompson Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillWNW 297°149 m6.1 mi
Ayer HillNE 43°144 m6.7 mi
Crandall HillNW 305°137 m5.1 mi
Church HillNE 38°120 m3.9 mi
Lantern HillENE 58°118 m6.3 mi
Lynch HillNW 306°115 m5.8 mi
Konomoc HillW 266°112 m6.4 mi
Pie HillWNW 294°109 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:00
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1056341395

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