Utley Hill Preserve
Utley Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Utley Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Columbia
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 22.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Utley Hill: 0.2 mi
- Post Hill: 1.6 mi
- Clarks Hill: 2.4 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.1 mi
- Utley Hill Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Mono Pond State Park Reserve: 2.0 mi
- Rockledge Drive Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Ridge Road Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Willimantic Road Open Space: 2.6 mi
- Columbia Recreation Park: 0.5 mi
- Mono Pond Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Field: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 3.7 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 3.7 mi
- dog memorial: 4.1 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.3 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 5.2 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 6.7 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 7.0 mi
- Swifty: 6.4 mi
- Windy: 6.5 mi
- Willy: 6.5 mi
- Manny: 6.5 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 8.7 mi
- fern and rock garden: 1.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mary's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 7.2 mi
- Grayville Falls: 5.9 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 6.5 mi
- Cascade: 7.4 mi
- Cascades: 8.5 mi
- Cascades: 8.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.0 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 5.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 7.7 mi
- Car Wreck: 8.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 9.9 mi
- Crow Point: 14.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 21.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 24.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 24.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Utley Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NNW 342° | 284 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mannantuck | W 278° | 273 m | 7.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | W 278° | 272 m | 7.3 mi |
| Box Hill | NW 320° | 252 m | 9.8 mi |
| Post Hill | S 190° | 239 m | 1.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 298° | 237 m | 8.9 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | W 271° | 234 m | 8.7 mi |
| Birch Mountain | WNW 297° | 233 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438605
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 8 mi
- Storrs · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Tolland · 12 mi
- Norwich · 16 mi
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