Found Land Recreation Area
Found Land Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckleberry Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Huckleberry Hill: 0.2 mi
- Pond Ledge Hill: 1.3 mi
- Woodford Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Horr: 1.5 mi
- Sweetheart Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Found Land Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Huckleberry Hill Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Dubiel - Kubik Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 0.9 mi
- Millennium Field: 1.2 mi
- Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 2.4 mi
- Sycamore Hills Park: 3.0 mi
- West Mountain Park: 3.1 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
- Unionville Museum: 3.6 mi
- New Hartford Historical Society Museum: 6.3 mi
- Phelp's Tavern: 6.8 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 3.1 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 3.2 mi
- Burlington Falls: 3.7 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 3.8 mi
- Whigville Falls: 5.9 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.6 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 4.3 mi
- Jones Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 5.8 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.3 mi
- Perennial Garden: 7.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- Shade Garden: 7.5 mi
- Wreck: 0.4 mi
- 1780s dam site: 3.0 mi
- Swimming Pool: 3.5 mi
- Kettles: 3.6 mi
- The Carrals: 3.6 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.4 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 8.9 mi
- Painted Cow: 9.2 mi
- Sedna: 9.6 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Hart Meadow: 5.5 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 5.6 mi
- Superstructure: 5.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 12.4 mi
- Boating Side: 14.2 mi
- Waterfront: 14.2 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 8.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 9.4 mi
- Big Spring: 11.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 25.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Found Land Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | W 271° | 360 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNW 345° | 358 m | 5.6 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | SW 232° | 354 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hayden Hill | W 274° | 332 m | 9.2 mi |
| West Hill | NW 305° | 328 m | 7.7 mi |
| Breezy Hill | NNW 335° | 327 m | 4.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NNW 332° | 311 m | 9.4 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | WNW 291° | 310 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439202
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 23 mi
- Blandford · 26 mi
- Somers · 26 mi
- Berkshires · 28 mi
- Otis · 28 mi
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