Wellner Preserve
Wellner Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avon Land Trust
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Town Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve: 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Pond Ledge Hill: 0.3 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Horr: 1.8 mi
- Thompson Hill: 2.2 mi
- Woodford Hill: 2.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 1.5 mi
- Sperry Park: 2.1 mi
- West Mountain Park: 2.4 mi
- Millennium Field: 2.4 mi
- Sycamore Hills Park: 2.7 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 2.1 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Unionville Museum: 3.9 mi
- Phelp's Tavern: 5.6 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 6.8 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.8 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 4.5 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.5 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.5 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 4.5 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 4.5 mi
- Burlington Falls: 5.2 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 5.3 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 6.1 mi
- Perennial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
- Shade Garden: 6.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.1 mi
- Primary Garden: 6.1 mi
- Wreck: 1.2 mi
- 1780s dam site: 3.6 mi
- Swimming Pool: 3.7 mi
- The Carrals: 3.7 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 3.7 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 7.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 7.7 mi
- Sedna: 8.2 mi
- Hart Meadow: 4.2 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.2 mi
- Garden Wall: 4.3 mi
- Superstructure: 4.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.8 mi
- Holland Beach: 13.4 mi
- Boating Side: 15.2 mi
- Waterfront: 15.3 mi
- Babbs Beach: 16.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 10.1 mi
- Big Spring: 11.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 12.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Wellner Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | W 269° | 360 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNW 330° | 358 m | 6.0 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 237° | 354 m | 7.6 mi |
| West Hill | WNW 298° | 328 m | 8.8 mi |
| Breezy Hill | NW 320° | 327 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pine Cone | N 360° | 323 m | 9.4 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | WNW 285° | 310 m | 7.0 mi |
| West Ledge | N 358° | 305 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1183672837
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Longmeadow · 22 mi
- Somers · 25 mi
- Blandford · 26 mi
- Tolland · 26 mi
- Berkshires · 28 mi
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