Nature reserve · Connecticut
Castlerock Lane
Castlerock Lane is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bolton Meadows/Tumblebrook Drive, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bolton Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates41.73736, -72.42276
- 22.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Bolton Meadows/Tumblebrook Drive: 0.4 mi
- Duhaime Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Elizabeth Heights: 0.5 mi
- Bolton Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Lombardi Ridge Preserve: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 1.0 mi
- dog memorial: 4.6 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.4 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 8.0 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 8.0 mi
Peaks
- Monument Hill: 1.2 mi
- New Boston Hill: 1.5 mi
- Whites Hill: 2.9 mi
- Birch Mountain: 3.2 mi
- John Tom Hill: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.8 mi
- Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 4.2 mi
- Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 4.2 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Indian Notch Park: 4.4 mi
Artworks
- Sorry Rock: 5.1 mi
- Frog: 7.0 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 9.9 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 10.0 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 10.0 mi
Museums
- Lutz Children's Museum: 5.2 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 5.6 mi
- The Fire Museum: 5.9 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 6.1 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 59
- Nike Missile Site: 4.6 mi
- Insect Hotel: 5.2 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.6 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 53
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.2 mi
- fern and rock garden: 7.2 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 8.5 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 48
- Blackledge Falls: 3.1 mi
- Case Falls: 3.9 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Flag Rock: 3.9 mi
- Crow Point: 10.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 5
- Halls Pond Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 19.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 1.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Castlerock Lane. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | N 11° | 294 m | 10.1 mi |
| Grant Hill | NNE 18° | 284 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NNE 14° | 282 m | 11.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | N 8° | 275 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mannantuck | SW 233° | 273 m | 3.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | SW 233° | 272 m | 3.2 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SW 220° | 265 m | 9.7 mi |
| Box Hill | NNW 340° | 252 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/494953957
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 10 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Willimantic · 11 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 17 mi
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