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Coney Rock Preserve

Coney Rock Preserve from directly overhead

Coney Rock Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Coney Rock, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

Access from Chaffeeville Road (Town land) or Woodland Road (Joshua’s Trust land). Trails climb through old pastures reverting to forest. Cliff on top offers views of Mansfield Hollow State Park.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79575, -72.20451
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Southeast Park: 1.7 mi
  • Spring Hill Fields: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Hope Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 2.1 mi
  • Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Waterfalls: 38
  • Codfish Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 30
Gardens: 29
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 2.7 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Coney Rock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whifford HillNNW 337°291 m7.2 mi
Westford HillN 4°290 m8.1 mi
Grant HillW 279°284 m9.5 mi
Parker MountainNNW 343°275 m8.3 mi
Turkey HillNNE 14°271 m9.5 mi
Sharpe HillN 0°268 m8.1 mi
Sprague HillNE 55°257 m8.5 mi
Sherman HillNE 55°252 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/804755581

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