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Wardell-Saint Johns

Wardell-Saint Johns from directly overhead

Wardell-Saint Johns is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.90071, -72.77668

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Curtiss Park: 0.3 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 0.4 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tariffville Green: 1.0 mi
  • Tariffville Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Williams Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Hatchett Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Eastern Barndoor Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Western Barndoor Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 0.9 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 1.7 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 2.5 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.1 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 3.3 mi
Museums
Artworks: 55
  • Bike Sculpture: 4.0 mi
  • Cow: 5.7 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 6.4 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 6.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 1.8 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 2.5 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 2.7 mi
  • Boehm house site: 3.3 mi
  • King Philip's Cave: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Perennial Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Shade Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Primary Garden: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 51
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 8.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.3 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Wardell-Saint Johns. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 302°421 m9.2 mi
Washington HillWNW 298°359 m8.0 mi
Ratlum MountainW 264°358 m7.8 mi
Breezy HillWSW 258°327 m8.6 mi
Pine ConeNW 305°323 m5.9 mi
West LedgeW 267°305 m5.0 mi
Jones MountainWSW 259°294 m10.4 mi
Talcott MountainS 190°276 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442287

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