Nature reserve · Connecticut

Tow Path Acres

Tow Path Acres from directly overhead

Tow Path Acres is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Maribeth McCarthy Demma, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Cheshire Land Trust

Getting there

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Coordinates41.47996, -72.92188

18.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 0.2 mi
Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.2 mi
South Quad: 4.6 mi
Red Bridge: 5.2 mi
Lyman Hall Monument: 5.4 mi

Nature reserves

Waterfalls

Roaring Brook Falls: 1.1 mi
Cascade: 1.2 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 3.3 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 3.4 mi
Wolcott Falls: 5.3 mi

Parks

Bartlem Park: 1.1 mi
The Church Green: 1.6 mi
Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.0 mi
Forger Park: 2.2 mi
Gateway Park: 2.7 mi

Peaks

Mount Sanford: 1.9 mi
Jinny Hill: 2.1 mi
Prospect Mountain: 2.6 mi
Bluff Head: 2.7 mi
Peck Mountain: 2.9 mi

Museums

Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 3.8 mi
Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.3 mi
Wallingford Historical Society: 5.6 mi
Wallingford Historical Society: 5.7 mi
Farming Museum: 6.6 mi

Gardens

Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
Bethany Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Wallingford Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 9.1 mi
Sustainable Garden: 9.1 mi

Artworks53

Maori Head: 7.7 mi
Greetings from Waterbury: 8.1 mi
Ben Franklin: 8.2 mi
Whale Sculpture: 8.2 mi
Henry Gould Lewis: 10.4 mi

Beaches52

Dossin Park Beach: 5.2 mi
Mattatuck Beach: 5.6 mi
Lake Beseck Beach: 10.0 mi
Boating Side: 12.2 mi
Waterfront: 12.3 mi

Attractions49

World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.4 mi
Washington Trail monument: 9.7 mi
Libby's Lump: 10.1 mi
1954: 10.7 mi
Millstone: 12.7 mi

Cliffs20

Whitestone Cliffs: 11.9 mi
Bluff Head: 12.6 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 13.1 mi
Satan's Dog Bowl: 14.2 mi
Forbes Bluff: 14.8 mi

Picnic sites7

Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.8 mi
Pond View: 19.8 mi
The Rotary Pavilion: 19.9 mi
Oak Grove: 20.3 mi

Rest areas5

Southington Rest Area: 6.5 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 7.5 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.6 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.3 mi

Lighthouses3

Springs1

Cold Spring: 10.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Johnsonville Village: 23.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Tow Path Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
West Peak	NE 35°	301 m	7.0 mi
Southington Mountain	N 351°	281 m	8.4 mi
East Peak	NE 40°	277 m	6.9 mi
Andrews Hill	W 272°	275 m	8.7 mi
Mount Sanford	SW 228°	263 m	1.9 mi
Turkey Hill	NW 306°	263 m	5.0 mi
Prospect Hill	WNW 297°	260 m	3.4 mi
Hopkins Hill	W 276°	259 m	4.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:27	19:04
June solstice	05:19	19:48	20:30
September equinox	06:40	18:14	18:51
December solstice	07:15	15:41	16:26

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	29	31	38	49	60	69	74	73	66	54	43	34
Precip in	3.6	3.5	4.4	4.7	3.7	4.9	3.8	3.8	4.3	4.9	4.4	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438308

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