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Hodges Pond

Hodges Pond from directly overhead

Hodges Pond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Brook I Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust Inc

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68481, -72.53822

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Butler Field: 0.6 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 2.3 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.4 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 2.6 mi
  • Grange Pool: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 1.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.2 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.8 mi
  • Cascade: 3.2 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.6 mi
  • The Cascade: 5.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 4.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.6 mi
  • South Wall: 14.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Hodges Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 64°273 m3.8 mi
John Tom HillENE 64°272 m3.8 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 183°265 m3.8 mi
Box HillNNE 28°252 m9.2 mi
Clark HillS 174°241 m6.2 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 29°237 m5.6 mi
Kongscut MountainENE 68°234 m2.0 mi
Birch MountainNNE 33°233 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/948517479

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