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Camp Aya-Po

Camp Aya-Po from directly overhead

Camp Aya-Po is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevenson Woodlands, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Somers

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01868, -72.40572

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Somers Common: 3.0 mi
  • Gerrish Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hampden Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 5.7 mi
  • Olympic Park: 6.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • Goat Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.0 mi
  • SSG 102: 10.2 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 14.1 mi
  • Cascades: 15.6 mi
  • Cascades: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 17.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.7 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Camp Aya-Po. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillE 91°396 m10.1 mi
Mount PisgahENE 64°379 m9.5 mi
Snow HillESE 114°362 m11.0 mi
Mount HitchcockENE 58°356 m8.8 mi
Hedgehog HillESE 108°354 m9.4 mi
Tupper HillE 82°352 m6.9 mi
Bear HillE 81°347 m7.3 mi
Moss HillE 81°341 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344555111

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