Frank C. Koch Memorial Forest
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Frank C. Koch Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is James V. Spignesi Jr. Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 4.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wolf Den Land Trust
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 7.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Westminster Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pudding Hill: 1.7 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 2.4 mi
- Shaw Hill: 3.5 mi
- North Hill: 4.1 mi
- Harry and Margaret Bowers Recreational Field: 2.4 mi
- Hickory Grove Roadside Park: 3.2 mi
- Canterbury Green: 4.0 mi
- Frink Park: 4.1 mi
- Robert Manship Park: 4.4 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 4.0 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 4.1 mi
- John Bishop House: 7.1 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 8.1 mi
- plaque: 6.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.6 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 4.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.4 mi
- Manny: 8.3 mi
- Willy: 8.3 mi
- Windy: 8.3 mi
- Swifty: 8.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 12.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 0.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 2.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 5.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 5.1 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 7.3 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 8.0 mi
- Mary's Garden: 8.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 11.6 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 12.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 22.0 mi
- Wescott Beach: 22.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 22.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 21.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
- Picnic: 21.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.4 mi
- Powder House: 24.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 8.1 mi
- Old Spring: 19.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Frank C. Koch Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NNW 346° | 240 m | 6.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNW 331° | 235 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 335° | 232 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kimball Hill | N 8° | 231 m | 7.8 mi |
| Alworth Hill | NNE 16° | 225 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hampton Hill | N 355° | 221 m | 5.6 mi |
| Shaw Hill | NNW 344° | 220 m | 3.5 mi |
| Trowbridge Hill | N 4° | 217 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/952449994
Day trips start here
- Mystic-Eastern · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- Griswold · 11 mi
- Norwich · 11 mi
- Storrs · 13 mi
- Preston · 14 mi
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