Rainville Preserve

Rainville Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Plainfield, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Rainville Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Wauregan Station, as well as near Wauregan Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aldrich Free Public Library and Glen Falls Bridge.

Aldrich Free Public Library

Library

Photo: Polaron, CC BY 2.5.

Aldrich Free Public Library is the public library of the Moosup section of Plainfield, Connecticut. It is located at 299 Main Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne building constructed in 1895 with funds given by the library's major benefactors, David L.

Glen Falls Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Glen Falls Bridge is a historic bridge that formerly carried Brunswick Avenue over the Moosup River in Plainfield, Connecticut. Built in 1886 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, it is one of a shrinking number of surviving 19th-century lenticular truss bridges in the state.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moosup and Wauregan.

Moosup

Suburb

Photo: JJBers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moosup is a village and census-designated place in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 3,166 at the 2024 census.

Wauregan

Village

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Wauregan is a village located in the northwestern corner of the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. Originally a mill village, Wauregan was established around a cotton mill powered by the Quinebaug River.

East Brooklyn

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Brooklyn is a census-designated place located within the town of Brooklyn in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is the portion of the Danielson urban cluster within the town of Brooklyn.

Rainville Preserve

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

41.7431° or 41° 44′ 35″ north

Longitude

-71.895° or 71° 53′ 42″ west

Operator

Wyndham Land Trust

Open location code

87HCP4V4+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 952785886

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wauregan Station and Wauregan Historic District.

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