Townshend Preserve
Townshend Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the north, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Windham County 4H Camp, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 3.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyndham Land Trust
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Windham County 4H Camp: 0.5 mi
- Gallup Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Robert and Mary Valentine Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Theodore Gellert Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Chase and Mary Lee Evans Kimball Memorial Forest: 3.0 mi
- Allen Hill: 0.9 mi
- Wheaton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lyon Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sherman Hill: 1.4 mi
- Ragged Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pomfret Little League Field: 2.1 mi
- Pomfret Green: 3.2 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 4.3 mi
- Town Commons: 5.0 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 3.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 0.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 1.7 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 12.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 12.7 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 2.3 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.8 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 12.6 mi
- U’s and C’s: 12.6 mi
- Copper Tower: 12.7 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 12.9 mi
- The Fallen: 12.9 mi
- Cargill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 9.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 11.3 mi
- Cascades: 14.3 mi
- Cascades: 14.3 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 12.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 13.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 13.0 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 14.2 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 9.9 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 13.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.6 mi
- Wescott Beach: 16.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 15.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 0.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.2 mi
- Picnic: 10.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Townshend Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | N 0° | 283 m | 5.2 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | N 354° | 281 m | 5.8 mi |
| Aplin Hill | N 352° | 276 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bungee Hill | NNW 344° | 269 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bradford Hill | N 349° | 267 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ragged Hill | NNW 341° | 265 m | 1.7 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NNW 343° | 265 m | 2.7 mi |
| Thunder Hill | N 357° | 265 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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