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Blast & Cast Club

Blast & Cast Club from directly overhead

Blast & Cast Club is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rolling Park Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.

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Coordinates41.86463, -72.56415
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
  • Tudor Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Day Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Cook Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Toby Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Wickham Hill: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 4.0 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.3 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.5 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 8.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 8.8 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 11.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 6
  • Windham Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Rd: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Blast & Cast Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 42°322 m11.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 50°315 m10.1 mi
Paulk HillE 83°294 m9.2 mi
Kendall HillENE 69°290 m11.1 mi
Grant HillESE 110°284 m9.7 mi
Sugar HillENE 78°282 m10.1 mi
Reed HillE 99°275 m8.4 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 49°275 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436023

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