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Tillinghart Property

Tillinghart Property from directly overhead

Tillinghart Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dobsonville Pond, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Vernon
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.82417, -72.48429
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.2 mi
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 1.6 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 1.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 60
  • filled-in well: 2.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 8.7 mi
  • Car Wreck: 9.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
  • sensory garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Talcott Ravine: 0.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Tillinghart Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 18°322 m12.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 22°315 m10.0 mi
Paulk HillNE 52°294 m6.4 mi
Whifford HillENE 68°291 m12.5 mi
Kendall HillNE 43°290 m9.1 mi
Grant HillE 96°284 m5.0 mi
Sugar HillNE 50°282 m7.6 mi
Reed HillENE 71°275 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436522

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