Albert E. Moss Sanctuary
Albert E. Moss Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Birchwood Heights Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
Access from South Eagleville Road or from Birchwood Heights Road. Parking is available at the Mansfield Community Center. Two loop trails through a variety of forest setting and around a pond.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 9.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Birchwood Heights Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Monticello Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Fellen Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Davis Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Whetten Woods Protected Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 0.8 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.1 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 1.1 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- Pine Lake Community Club: 2.3 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 0.8 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 1.3 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 0.9 mi
- Old root cellar: 1.4 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 1.6 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Ball Hill: 1.3 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 1.7 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.8 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 3.0 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 0.8 mi
- U’s and C’s: 0.8 mi
- Copper Tower: 0.9 mi
- The Fallen: 1.0 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 1.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 2.3 mi
- Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.8 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 11.5 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 1.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 1.4 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 1.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.8 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.1 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.3 mi
- filled-in well: 11.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 19.2 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.7 mi
- Crow Point: 20.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 5.0 mi
- Picnic: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Albert E. Moss Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NW 309° | 294 m | 9.6 mi |
| Whifford Hill | N 352° | 291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 16° | 290 m | 8.6 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 282° | 284 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 316° | 282 m | 9.7 mi |
| Parker Mountain | N 356° | 275 m | 8.1 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 294° | 275 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | NNE 13° | 268 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 1 mi
- Willimantic · 5 mi
- Tolland · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Union · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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