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Foote Road Recreation Area

Foote Road Recreation Area from directly overhead

Foote Road Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Walnut Mountain stands 400 m to the west-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Vineland Road), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Burlington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.78078, -72.96216
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Little League Field: 0.8 mi
  • Browns Corner Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Malerbo Rec Complex: 3.8 mi
  • Millennium Field: 3.9 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 1.6 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 4.3 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 5.3 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 5.9 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.9 mi
Museums
Attractions: 53
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 2.4 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 2.8 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 3.3 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 3.5 mi
  • Wreck: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 48
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 7.2 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 10.4 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.5 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 4.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 4.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 7.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Foote Road Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut MountainWNW 303°400 m9.3 mi
Burr MountainNW 316°383 m9.2 mi
Cotton HillWNW 297°360 m4.7 mi
Ratlum MountainNNE 13°358 m7.7 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 222°354 m2.5 mi
Scoville HillWSW 257°340 m7.0 mi
Hayden HillWNW 294°332 m6.5 mi
Red MountainWNW 288°329 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440841

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