Glover Preserve

Glover Preserve is a nature reserve in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Glover Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood East Weatogue Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Case Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heublein Tower and Weatogue Park.

Heublein Tower

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Heublein Tower is a 165-foot-tall architectural tower located in Talcott Mountain State Park in Simsbury, Connecticut. It provides panoramic views of the Hartford skyline, the Farmington River Valley, and surrounding areas that are particularly spectacular in the fall.

Weatogue Park

Park

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Talcott Mountain

Peak

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Talcott Mountain is a 950-foot high point in central Connecticut, lying along a 13-mile trap rock ridge 6 miles west of the city of Hartford. A prominent landscape feature, the ridge forms a continuous line of exposed western cliffs visible across the Farmington River valley from Farmington to Simsbury.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simsbury and Avon.

Simsbury

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Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, incorporated as Connecticut's 21st town in May 1670. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 24,517 in the 2020 census.

Avon

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Avon is a town in the Farmington Valley region of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. As of 2020, the town had a population of 19,795.

Bloomfield

Town

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Bloomfield is a suburb of Hartford in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. The town's population was 21,535 at the 2020 census, Bloomfield's highest decennial census count ever.

Glover Preserve

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

41.844° or 41° 50′ 38″ north

Longitude

-72.7926° or 72° 47′ 33″ west

Operator

Simsbury Land Trust

Open location code

87H9R6V4+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 798988672

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Weatogue Historic District and Case Corner.

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