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Bugbee School Woods

Bugbee School Woods from directly overhead

Bugbee School Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. West Ledge stands 305 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Grist Mill Site, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of West Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77588, -72.75231
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 0.4 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 0.6 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Primary Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Shade Garden: 0.6 mi
Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Waterfalls
Artworks: 57
Cliffs: 17
  • Garden Wall: 2.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 2.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 16.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bugbee School Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNW 323°305 m10.5 mi
Scranton MountainW 265°300 m11.1 mi
Barnes HillW 275°283 m10.4 mi
Talcott MountainNW 316°276 m3.4 mi
Taine MountainW 265°268 m8.4 mi
Wildcat MountainW 260°262 m9.7 mi
East HillNW 305°261 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 299°257 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340563116

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