Eagle Lantern
Eagle Lantern is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Lantern Open Space, a park 0.2 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Lantern Open Space: 0.2 mi
- National Iwo Jima Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Alumni Field: 0.8 mi
- Starr Park: 1.1 mi
- Brian S. Letendre Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Iwo Jima Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Nature Center Ruins: 1.3 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 1.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 2.7 mi
- Colt Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (West Gate Road): 1.8 mi
- Beechwood Park: 1.8 mi
- Cedarcrest Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Town of Farmington Property: 2.4 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 1.4 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- New Britain Industrial Museum: 3.2 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 3.3 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 3.4 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.3 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 2.8 mi
- Osgood Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 1.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 5.7 mi
- Dividend Falls: 7.7 mi
- Westfield Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cascades: 9.4 mi
- Hospital Rock: 3.8 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 4.0 mi
- Mark Twain House: 4.9 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.2 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 5.3 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.4 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 4.8 mi
- Home: 3.3 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 3.3 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 3.6 mi
- Sedna: 5.0 mi
- Painted Cow: 5.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 4.0 mi
- Green Wall: 4.0 mi
- South Wall: 4.5 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.5 mi
- Superstructure: 4.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 14.8 mi
- Boating Side: 15.6 mi
- Waterfront: 15.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.4 mi
- Big Spring: 21.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Eagle Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NNW 343° | 276 m | 7.4 mi |
| Taine Mountain | WNW 295° | 268 m | 9.0 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | WNW 287° | 262 m | 9.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | WSW 248° | 251 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ely Mound | NNW 337° | 246 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | W 260° | 229 m | 3.9 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 313° | 223 m | 10.3 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SSW 208° | 217 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43435788
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Tolland · 23 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Longmeadow · 25 mi
- Somers · 25 mi
- Storrs · 27 mi
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