Insect Hotel
Insect Hotel is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the north-northwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is West Road Memorial Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Boy Scouts
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Named places within 25 miles
- West Road Memorial Field: 0.3 mi
- Farley Field: 3.4 mi
- Butler Field: 3.9 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 4.0 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 4.4 mi
- West Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Laurel Lane Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Laurel Lane Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Hemlock Farms Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Martin Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Fuller Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mannantuck: 2.9 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 2.9 mi
- John Tom Hill: 2.9 mi
- Carter Hill: 2.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.6 mi
- Frog: 7.0 mi
- Sorry Rock: 8.9 mi
- Equality: 12.0 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 12.3 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 5.9 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 6.2 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 6.6 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 6.6 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 6.8 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 6.8 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 7.3 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 7.4 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.1 mi
- Hay Tedder: 4.2 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 5.4 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 5.8 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 7.9 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 9.9 mi
- Cascade: 1.4 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 2.2 mi
- Grayville Falls: 6.1 mi
- The Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Cascades: 6.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.5 mi
- Crow Point: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 22.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 24.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 4.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Insect Hotel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | NNW 347° | 273 m | 2.9 mi |
| John Tom Hill | NNW 347° | 272 m | 2.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | WSW 238° | 265 m | 5.0 mi |
| Box Hill | N 2° | 252 m | 9.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | SW 214° | 241 m | 6.1 mi |
| Post Hill | E 88° | 239 m | 6.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNW 348° | 237 m | 6.1 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | NW 311° | 234 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11103371360
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Willimantic · 13 mi
- Storrs · 15 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 18 mi
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