Forster Pond State Park
Forster Pond State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Pistapaug Mountain stands 210 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buell Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 27.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buell Hill: 0.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.8 mi
- Roast Meat Hill: 1.9 mi
- Spencer Hill: 3.2 mi
- Tower Hill: 3.3 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 0.9 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 1.1 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 3.1 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.2 mi
- Town Campus Playground: 4.4 mi
- Chatfield Hollow State Park: 1.0 mi
- Deer Lake Camp: 1.0 mi
- Platt Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Welter Woods: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Durham Road): 1.8 mi
- Irene Sheldon Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Killingworth Recreational Park: 4.0 mi
- Indian River Recreation Complex: 4.1 mi
- Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
- Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 5.5 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 6.4 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- East Rive Beach: 6.9 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 7.0 mi
- Hammonasset Beach: 7.1 mi
- Circle Beach: 7.3 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 7.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 7.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 1.6 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 8.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.2 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 1.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 5.8 mi
- Stone Table: 6.2 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.2 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 7.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 1.2 mi
- James Madison: 5.6 mi
- snake: 5.8 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 12.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 14.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 6.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.0 mi
- Powder House: 24.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 10.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 14.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Forster Pond State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pistapaug Mountain | WNW 302° | 210 m | 9.5 mi |
| Goose Hill | N 8° | 201 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NW 322° | 196 m | 7.8 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | WNW 293° | 167 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | W 279° | 156 m | 7.8 mi |
| Long Hill | NNE 33° | 154 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 335° | 153 m | 5.6 mi |
| West Sugarloaf | W 278° | 145 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/75821340
Day trips start here
- Essex · 10 mi
- Old Saybrook · 11 mi
- Old Lyme · 15 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 20 mi
- Montville · 23 mi
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