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Wieloch Preserve

Wieloch Preserve from directly overhead

Wieloch Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north-northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is McWilliam Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.01861, -71.83023

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Little Pond Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
  • Wilsonville Playground: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Athletic Field: 3.1 mi
  • Starzec Field: 3.1 mi
  • Berthol Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Daniels: 1.6 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wood Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Benson Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 9.6 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 9.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.1 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 12.5 mi
Museums: 27
Beaches: 27
Artworks: 26
  • Motion: 11.2 mi
  • Goddard Rocket: 12.9 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 14.8 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 14.9 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Small House Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Woodward's Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.5 mi
  • Condo Rock: 20.0 mi
  • The Wall: 20.1 mi
  • Pond Cave: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cargill Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Thirsty Beaver: 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 13.0 mi
  • Site #36: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Wieloch Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillNNE 20°277 m2.2 mi
Blood HillNW 304°273 m8.3 mi
Goat HillN 9°268 m5.9 mi
Bare HillN 3°262 m4.2 mi
Dresser HillNW 306°261 m8.8 mi
Whittier HillN 9°256 m7.1 mi
Taft HillNNW 340°256 m9.4 mi
Fort HillN 353°253 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4520:27
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1315:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1002150160

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