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Camp Mattatuck

Camp Mattatuck from directly overhead

Camp Mattatuck is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Guernsey Hill stands 346 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America (Scouting America)

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.62637, -73.04458
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 0.5 mi
  • Cascade: 2.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 4.8 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.9 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 4.9 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 49
Artworks: 49
  • Ben Franklin: 5.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 5.1 mi
  • Maori Head: 5.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 0.6 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 2.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 6.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 15
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 0.5 mi
  • Pond View: 23.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 23.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 17.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Cold Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Camp Mattatuck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guernsey HillNW 322°346 m7.5 mi
South MountainENE 73°313 m5.3 mi
Lindsley HillE 93°312 m4.1 mi
Camp HillNW 324°311 m6.3 mi
Lattin HillNW 320°310 m5.2 mi
Walnut HillNW 318°307 m5.2 mi
Clinton HillESE 107°303 m2.0 mi
Becar HillE 98°297 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43438991

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