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Camp Pomeraug

Camp Pomeraug from directly overhead

Camp Pomeraug is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the west, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch, a park 1.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 7.2 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Boy Scouts Of America

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01426, -72.14874

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
  • Bigelow Pond Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
  • Morey Pond Boat Launch: 4.0 mi
  • Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 5.2 mi
  • Staffordville Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.8 mi
Museums: 45
Artworks: 41
Gardens: 20
  • Small House Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • Cascade: 10.8 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Cascades: 15.6 mi
  • Cascades: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 3.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Camp Pomeraug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillW 274°396 m3.1 mi
Mount PisgahNW 314°379 m6.4 mi
Stickney HillSW 230°371 m2.3 mi
Bald HillSW 222°371 m3.7 mi
Snow HillSW 217°362 m5.2 mi
Lead Mine HillSSW 207°361 m4.1 mi
Mount HitchcockNW 311°356 m7.5 mi
Hedgehog HillWSW 239°354 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465766706962494031
Precip in4.13.54.64.43.74.44.34.44.25.04.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438499

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