Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve
Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fifty Foot Cliff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.
Access from behind Mansfield Historical Society on Route 195. Forested trails lead to cliff views across the Fenton River Valley and Mansfield Hollow State Park. Nipmuck Trail connects to UConn land.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mansfield Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillcrest Drive Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Philip Drive Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Coney Rock Preserve: 0.7 mi
- David Storrs Chapin Coney Rock Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Monticello Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 0.4 mi
- Old root cellar: 1.1 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.9 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 1.6 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 1.6 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.3 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.1 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 1.6 mi
- Southeast Park: 1.9 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 2.7 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.2 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.3 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.9 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 1.6 mi
- U’s and C’s: 1.7 mi
- Copper Tower: 1.7 mi
- The Fallen: 2.0 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 2.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 2.2 mi
- Cascades: 3.7 mi
- Cascades: 3.7 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.8 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 2.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.3 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 2.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.3 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.2 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 0.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 0.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.9 mi
- Crow Point: 21.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 4.6 mi
- Picnic: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | NNW 342° | 291 m | 7.2 mi |
| Westford Hill | N 8° | 290 m | 8.4 mi |
| Grant Hill | W 281° | 284 m | 8.9 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNW 348° | 275 m | 8.3 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 291° | 275 m | 10.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 17° | 271 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | N 5° | 268 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NE 56° | 257 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 2 mi
- Willimantic · 5 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Union · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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