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East Hartford Cross Country Ski & Jogging Trails

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East Hartford Cross Country Ski & Jogging Trails is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is M.J. Williams Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of East Hartford

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79808, -72.58879

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 58
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Crow Point: 6.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 10.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of East Hartford Cross Country Ski & Jogging Trails. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillENE 61°294 m11.9 mi
Grant HillE 83°284 m10.5 mi
Talcott MountainW 275°276 m10.9 mi
Reed HillENE 71°275 m10.1 mi
MannantuckSE 136°273 m8.6 mi
John Tom HillSE 136°272 m8.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 168°265 m11.9 mi
Box HillE 87°252 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/951529419

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