Camp Neipsic
Camp Neipsic is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastbury School Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1941
What to expect
- Operated by
- Friends of Camp Neipsic, Inc.
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastbury School Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Route 2 Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Brook Street Bog: 0.5 mi
- Neipsic Bog Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Angus Park: 0.6 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 0.7 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bush Hill: 3.2 mi
- Red Hill: 3.5 mi
- Butler Field: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Field: 2.1 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 2.3 mi
- Matson Hill Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Grange Pool: 3.1 mi
- Hay Tedder: 0.9 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 3.2 mi
- Insect Hotel: 4.6 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.8 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 3.0 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 4.8 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 5.0 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 5.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Frog: 3.0 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.2 mi
- Equality: 7.5 mi
- Sorry Rock: 7.6 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 7.8 mi
- Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 4.3 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.3 mi
- Case Falls: 5.3 mi
- Museum on the Green: 3.4 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 3.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 4.3 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.8 mi
- The Fire Museum: 4.8 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 5.9 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 6.4 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
- Crow Point: 4.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.1 mi
- South Wall: 14.2 mi
- Solar Panel: 14.2 mi
- Superstructure: 14.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.5 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 21.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Camp Neipsic. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 76° | 273 m | 3.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 76° | 272 m | 3.7 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 181° | 265 m | 4.5 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 31° | 252 m | 8.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 173° | 241 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 35° | 237 m | 5.0 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 90° | 234 m | 2.0 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NE 39° | 233 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/951860171
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Storrs · 17 mi
- Willimantic · 17 mi
- Somers · 21 mi
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