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Uplands Preserve

Uplands Preserve from directly overhead

Uplands Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Simsbury Fish & Game Club, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Canton Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.87117, -72.87913
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 1.6 mi
  • West Mountain Park: 1.7 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 3.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.2 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 6.0 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.5 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.6 mi
  • Cow: 9.1 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Shade Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Primary Garden: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Attractions: 54
  • Boehm house site: 2.5 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 4.1 mi
  • Wreck: 4.4 mi
  • King Philip's Cave: 4.8 mi
  • cellar hole: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 7.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 7.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 8.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Uplands Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 340°421 m7.4 mi
Center HillNW 325°393 m9.6 mi
Cotton HillWSW 244°360 m9.4 mi
Washington HillNNW 342°359 m6.0 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 296°358 m2.8 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 216°354 m10.0 mi
Wallens HillWNW 292°339 m9.4 mi
West HillW 271°328 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/680541217

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