Buckland Pond
Buckland Pond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayden Griswold Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Manchester Land Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hayden Griswold Park: 0.3 mi
- Manning–Ferris Park: 0.3 mi
- Lombardo Farm: 0.4 mi
- Redwood Road Parklet: 0.4 mi
- Bush Hill Farm: 0.5 mi
- Bush Hill: 0.4 mi
- Round Hill: 1.1 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 2.5 mi
- Toby Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.9 mi
- Frog: 0.6 mi
- Equality: 4.9 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 5.2 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 5.3 mi
- Emancipation: 5.3 mi
- Addison Park: 1.3 mi
- Wilfred Road Park: 1.6 mi
- Goodwin Park: 2.3 mi
- Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 2.3 mi
- Welles Park: 2.5 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Fire Museum: 2.4 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 2.5 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 2.5 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 3.3 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.8 mi
- Hay Tedder: 3.5 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.0 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.2 mi
- The Dreamyard: 5.4 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 3.3 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 4.0 mi
- Case Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascades: 5.6 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Warner Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 5.6 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 5.7 mi
- William H. Putnam: 5.7 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 5.9 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.0 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Crow Point: 3.7 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.9 mi
- South Wall: 12.2 mi
- Solar Panel: 12.2 mi
- Superstructure: 12.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 20.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 6.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Buckland Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | ENE 61° | 284 m | 10.5 mi |
| Reed Hill | NE 50° | 275 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 117° | 273 m | 5.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 116° | 272 m | 5.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 171° | 265 m | 7.9 mi |
| Box Hill | NE 55° | 252 m | 7.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 169° | 241 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 79° | 237 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/969442535
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- Storrs · 17 mi
- Somers · 18 mi
- Willimantic · 18 mi
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