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Boulder Crest Lane Park

Boulder Crest Lane Park from directly overhead

Boulder Crest Lane Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Falls Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Vernon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.82291, -72.44957
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.8 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • dog memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 8.3 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 0.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 8.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 54
  • sensory garden: 4.0 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.1 mi
  • Picnic: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Boulder Crest Lane Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainN 10°322 m11.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 11°315 m9.6 mi
Paulk HillNE 39°294 m5.2 mi
Whifford HillENE 64°291 m10.9 mi
Kendall HillNNE 34°290 m8.1 mi
Grant HillE 97°284 m3.2 mi
Sugar HillNE 39°282 m6.4 mi
Reed HillENE 57°275 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437972

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