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Del-Aire Compground

Del-Aire Compground from directly overhead

Del-Aire Compground is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Lake Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

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What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates41.90984, -72.40466

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Cemetery: 0.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 2.4 mi
  • Arbor Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • sensory garden: 2.8 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 53
  • filled-in well: 5.7 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 12.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 13.2 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.3 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Rd: 23.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic: 18.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Del-Aire Compground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillENE 67°371 m11.6 mi
Snow HillENE 73°362 m10.5 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 62°354 m10.0 mi
Tupper HillNE 39°352 m10.8 mi
Bear HillNE 39°347 m11.2 mi
Moss HillNE 41°341 m11.5 mi
Peck HillNNE 28°336 m11.2 mi
Chestnut HillNNE 22°332 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435969

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