Minor Preserve

Minor Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Bristol, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Minor Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet East Plymouth, as well as near Lamson Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area and Bristol Technical Education Center.

Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve

Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area is a 771-acre nature preserve owned by the state of Connecticut located in Burlington, Connecticut. Operated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the preserve focuses on conservation education and features the Sessions Woods Conservation Education Center with displays about area wildlife and a large meeting room.

Bristol Technical Education Center

School

The Bristol Technical Education Center, or Bristol TEC, is a technical school located in Bristol, Connecticut. It is part of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System.

Lock Museum of America

Museum

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The Lock Museum of America is a museum about locks and the history of locksmithing in the United States. The museum houses an extensive lock collection that includes 30 early era time locks, escutcheon plates from safes, a large number of British safe locks, door locks, padlocks, handcuffs and keys, and more.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bristol and Burlington.

Bristol

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Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 60,833.

Burlington

Village

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Burlington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Situated at the foot of the Berkshires and bordering the Farmington River, it is a scenic hill town, rural in nature, located 20 miles west of Hartford.

Endee Manor Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Endee Manor Historic District encompasses a well-preserved and cohesive early 20th-century worker housing area in Bristol, Connecticut. Located on Sherman, Mills and Putnam Streets, the area was built out in a four-month period in 1916-17, and is the largest such development in the city.

Minor Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Bristol, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.7128° or 41° 42′ 46″ north

Longitude

-72.9828° or 72° 58′ 58″ west

Operator

Environmental Learning Centers

Open location code

87H9P278+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1109028680

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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