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Vauxhall Property

Vauxhall Property from directly overhead

Vauxhall Property is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the north-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Konomoc Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

The record

What the record says

Elevation
90 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41476, -72.16352

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Montville American Little League Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Leary Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lisa Dedrick Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Cohanzie Park: 2.9 mi
  • Erickson Park: 4.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches: 58
Attractions: 35
  • The Whale: 5.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 5.8 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 5.9 mi
  • turtle rock: 6.4 mi
  • tri-town marker: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Silver Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.6 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Sprout Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 3.7 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 4.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Vauxhall Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillNNW 331°182 m4.2 mi
Maynard HillNW 310°174 m5.2 mi
Forsyth HillNW 325°171 m5.4 mi
Raymond HillN 352°170 m5.5 mi
Dolbeare HillNNW 346°162 m3.7 mi
Sharp HillNNE 14°149 m2.6 mi
Crandall HillNE 34°137 m3.3 mi
Comstock HillNNE 12°137 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Christmas fern12 obs
  • American wintergreen11 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage10 obs
  • wood anemone10 obs
  • mountain laurel9 obs
  • common selfheal9 obs
  • Japanese barberry9 obs
  • striped wintergreen8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43439912

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