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Town Of Suffield (River View Drive)

Town Of Suffield (River View Drive) from directly overhead

Town Of Suffield (River View Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette Park, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates42.01718, -72.60837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Enfield Town Green: 1.3 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.4 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 2.0 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 2.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 3.0 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.1 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 3.8 mi
  • Omiskanoagwiah: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.7 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 4.3 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 5.0 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 5.9 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 5.9 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 44
  • New England Sky Screamer: 1.7 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 6.1 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 6.1 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.4 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 38
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 11.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 17.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 18.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 19.0 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 6
  • Rd: 12.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Town Of Suffield (River View Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 95°332 m13.0 mi
Sodom MountainWNW 284°326 m12.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 84°323 m10.4 mi
Bald MountainE 100°322 m10.3 mi
Pine MountainE 80°319 m10.7 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 112°315 m10.8 mi
Bald MountainE 83°303 m10.7 mi
Perkins MountainE 87°298 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441195

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