Nature reserve · Connecticut

Camp Newhocka

Camp Newhocka from directly overhead

Camp Newhocka is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is High Meadow Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

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Coordinates41.81085, -72.42447

24.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
28.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
Indian Notch Park: 0.7 mi
Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 0.8 mi
Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 0.9 mi

Peaks

Box Hill: 1.6 mi
Grant Hill: 2.0 mi
Reed Hill: 2.6 mi
Whites Hill: 3.1 mi
Fox Hill: 3.7 mi

Museums

Vernon Historical Society Museum: 2.8 mi
New England Civil War Museum: 4.1 mi
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.1 mi
Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 5.1 mi
Cheney Homestead Museum: 6.1 mi

Artworks

Sorry Rock: 3.1 mi
Frog: 8.6 mi
Jonathan the Husky Statue: 8.8 mi
Mobius Solaris: 8.8 mi
The Walking Wall: 8.8 mi

Historic sites

Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.3 mi
Ronald E. Blake: 4.4 mi
dog memorial: 6.1 mi
Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.8 mi
Construction Workers Memorial: 8.6 mi

Attractions59

filled-in well: 2.0 mi
Nike Missile Site: 6.8 mi
Hay Tedder: 9.1 mi
The Dreamyard: 9.4 mi
Car Wreck: 9.7 mi

Gardens54

Tolland Youth Garden: 4.8 mi
sensory garden: 4.9 mi
Mansfield Community Garden: 7.9 mi
Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.9 mi
Wickham Park English Garden: 7.9 mi

Waterfalls49

Talcott Ravine: 3.4 mi
Hockanum Falls: 4.0 mi
Case Falls: 4.8 mi
Wyllys Falls: 4.8 mi
Center Springs Falls: 5.5 mi

Cliffs14

Flag Rock: 1.9 mi
Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.0 mi
Wolf Rock Cliff: 11.5 mi
Coney Rock: 11.6 mi
Crow Point: 12.3 mi

Beaches5

Halls Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
Sandy Beach: 8.8 mi
Staffordville Beach: 15.4 mi
Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.9 mi
Babbs Beach: 22.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Rest areas3

West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.7 mi
West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.7 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.2 mi

Picnic sites3

Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
Picnic: 22.7 mi
Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi

Springs1

Windham Spring: 12.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Camp Newhocka. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Soapstone Mountain	N 3°	315 m	10.3 mi
Paulk Hill	NNE 22°	294 m	5.2 mi
Whifford Hill	ENE 57°	291 m	10.2 mi
Kendall Hill	NNE 23°	290 m	8.2 mi
Grant Hill	ENE 77°	284 m	2.0 mi
Sugar Hill	NNE 25°	282 m	6.4 mi
Reed Hill	NNE 26°	275 m	2.6 mi
Parker Mountain	NE 52°	275 m	11.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:54	18:25	19:02
June solstice	05:16	19:47	20:29
September equinox	06:38	18:12	18:49
December solstice	07:15	15:38	16:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	27	29	36	48	58	66	72	70	63	52	42	33
Precip in	3.6	3.0	4.4	4.2	3.7	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.5	4.6	3.9	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442434

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