Thornton Brook Preserve
Thornton Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow View Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 9.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadow View Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Plains Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Nathan Hale Drive Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Flanders Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Schmid Overlook: 1.4 mi
- Veteran Green: 1.9 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Patriots Park: 2.0 mi
- Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Field: 2.7 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.1 mi
- dog memorial: 2.5 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.8 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.6 mi
- Old root cellar: 5.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ball Hill: 3.5 mi
- Utley Hill: 3.8 mi
- Hosmer Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Willy: 4.7 mi
- Swifty: 4.7 mi
- Manny: 4.7 mi
- Windy: 4.7 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 4.9 mi
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.6 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 8.7 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.4 mi
- Mary's Garden: 4.5 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 4.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wolf Rock: 4.2 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 4.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 8.9 mi
- Insect Hotel: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 6.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.8 mi
- Crow Point: 17.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 17.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 21.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 23.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 7.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 17.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 4.6 mi
- Picnic: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Thornton Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | N 9° | 291 m | 10.5 mi |
| Grant Hill | NW 317° | 284 m | 7.3 mi |
| Reed Hill | NW 321° | 275 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mannantuck | WSW 257° | 273 m | 9.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WSW 257° | 272 m | 9.7 mi |
| Box Hill | WNW 297° | 252 m | 9.5 mi |
| Wenberg Hill | NNE 20° | 245 m | 10.4 mi |
| Post Hill | SSW 208° | 239 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 4 mi
- Storrs · 5 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Norwich · 17 mi
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