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Addison Bog and Woodlands

Addison Bog and Woodlands from directly overhead

Addison Bog and Woodlands is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-southeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Hills Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72334, -72.56959

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Addison Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rotary Field: 1.9 mi
  • Welles Park: 2.0 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 2.2 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.3 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.4 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Heritage Herb Garden: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 2.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.8 mi
  • South Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Addison Bog and Woodlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckESE 101°273 m5.1 mi
John Tom HillE 101°272 m5.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 168°265 m6.6 mi
Box HillNE 47°252 m8.1 mi
Clark HillSSE 166°241 m9.1 mi
Lookout MountainENE 63°237 m4.9 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 119°234 m4.0 mi
Birch MountainENE 68°233 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278853

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