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Heron Cove Park

Heron Cove Park from directly overhead

Heron Cove Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Avebury Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87523, -72.31072

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.2 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.3 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 1.5 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.2 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.7 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 4.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 50
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 48
  • filled-in well: 7.6 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 13.0 mi
  • Frog Rock: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 15.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 1.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 1.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Heron Cove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNE 41°371 m9.0 mi
Stickney HillNE 39°371 m10.5 mi
Snow HillNE 43°362 m7.5 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 47°361 m8.8 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 30°354 m8.1 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 345°332 m9.1 mi
Sky HillNE 49°331 m8.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 327°322 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389909689

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