Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve

Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Plainfield, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Access is restricted and requires permission. Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Plainfield Street Historic District, as well as near Plainfield Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Old Canterbury Road and First Congregational Church of Plainfield.

March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Old Canterbury Road

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March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road is a historic site in Plainfield, Connecticut along the 1781 and/or 1782 march routes of Rochambeau's army.

First Congregational Church of Plainfield

Church

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The First Congregational Church of Plainfield is a historic Congregational church at 519 Norwich Road in Plainfield, Connecticut. It was built in 1816, for a congregation founded in 1705, to plans by noted early architect Ithiel Town, and is a relative rarity in the state as a Federal period stone church.

Packerville Bridge

Bridge

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The Packerville Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Packerville Road over Mill Brook in Plainfield, Connecticut. Built in 1886, it is one of less than twenty surviving 19th-century stone arch bridges in the state and is a well-preserved example of vernacular 19th-century masonry bridge technology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plainfield and Canterbury.

Plainfield

Town

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Plainfield is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 14,973 at the 2020 census.

Canterbury

Village

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Canterbury is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 5,045 at the 2020 census.

Plainfield Village

Village

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Plainfield Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2010 census.

Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve

Access is restricted and requires permission.
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

41.6904° or 41° 41′ 25″ north

Longitude

-71.926° or 71° 55′ 34″ west

Operator

Wyndham Land Trust

Open location code

87HCM3RF+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 952790643

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Plainfield Cemetery and New Plainfield Cemetery.

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