Yoakum Preserve

Yoakum Preserve is a nature reserve in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Yoakum Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Ore Hill, as well as near the village Lakeville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scoville Library and Wononskopomuc Lake.

Scoville Library

Library

Photo: Phinisi Stuart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scoville Memorial Library is the public library of Salisbury, Connecticut. Established in 1803, it was the first in the United States open to the public free of charge.

Wononskopomuc Lake

Lake

Lake Wononscopomuc is a lake located in the Lakeville section of Salisbury, Connecticut, United States. It has the distinction of being the deepest natural lake in the state.

Bingham Pond Bog is a rare undisturbed cold northern black spruce bog, highly unusual in that it lacks the usual sphagnum moss associated with bogs. It is located near Salisbury, Connecticut, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salisbury and Lakeville.

Salisbury

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.

Lakeville

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Lakeville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, close to Dutchess County, New York. It is within the town of Salisbury, but has its own ZIP Code.

Millerton

Town

Photo: JDMohier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States with a population of 903 at the 2020 census. The village was named after Sidney Miller, a rail contractor who helped bring the railroad to that area.

Yoakum Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.9889° or 41° 59′ 20″ north

Longitude

-73.4696° or 73° 28′ 11″ west

Operator

Salisbury Association

Open location code

87H8XGQJ+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1239999799

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover Yoakum Preserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ore Hill and Mount Riga.

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Highlights include partial view and Centennial Watershed State Forest.

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