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Freja Park

Freja Park from directly overhead

Freja Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Rock, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Bolton

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79004, -72.45448
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Street Parklet: 1.5 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.5 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 1.7 mi
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.5 mi
  • dog memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 7.8 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 58
  • filled-in well: 3.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Case Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.2 mi
  • sensory garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
  • Picnic: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Freja Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainN 10°315 m11.9 mi
Paulk HillNNE 29°294 m7.2 mi
Whifford HillNE 55°291 m12.3 mi
Kendall HillNNE 28°290 m10.2 mi
Grant HillENE 62°284 m3.9 mi
Sugar HillNNE 31°282 m8.4 mi
Reed HillNE 35°275 m4.7 mi
MannantuckS 190°273 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43438105

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