Hubbard Sanctuary
Hubbard Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Westford Hill stands 290 m to the north-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward Garrison Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.8 miles off.
Trail Map: https://joshuastrusttest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Hubbard-Trail-Map-2918-11-13.pdf
What to expect
- Operated by
- Joshua's Trust
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Edward Garrison Park: 0.2 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 2.2 mi
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
- Agnes' Pasture: 0.2 mi
- Natchaug Property: 1.0 mi
- Natchaug River Water Access: 1.1 mi
- Diana's Pool: 1.4 mi
- Harvey Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.7 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.2 mi
- Snow Hill: 2.2 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 4.3 mi
- Old root cellar: 4.9 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.8 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 7.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 5.9 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 6.0 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 6.5 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 6.7 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 6.0 mi
- U’s and C’s: 6.1 mi
- Copper Tower: 6.1 mi
- The Fallen: 6.4 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 6.4 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 1.5 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascades: 8.1 mi
- Cascades: 8.1 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.0 mi
- Wolf Rock: 5.3 mi
- Frog Rock: 6.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 7.8 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.0 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 6.5 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 6.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 14.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 15.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 3.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.6 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 22.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 8.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 6.4 mi
- Picnic: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hubbard Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westford Hill | NNW 336° | 290 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | NNW 333° | 268 m | 8.7 mi |
| Ragged Hill | NE 35° | 265 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NNE 33° | 257 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NE 38° | 252 m | 6.6 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | NE 37° | 251 m | 7.9 mi |
| Grass Hill | NNW 344° | 250 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | NNE 32° | 248 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/954764248
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 7 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Woodstock · 13 mi
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