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John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp

John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp from directly overhead

John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Edith Toomey Clark Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

Private, cub scout and boy scout campground. Offers summer camp sessions and overnight camping with group approval.

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Official site

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Coordinates41.77898, -72.42710
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.4 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 1.6 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • dog memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.3 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.3 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 8.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • filled-in well: 3.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 7.8 mi
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 7.0 mi
  • sensory garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Case Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
  • Picnic: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 12.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNE 17°294 m7.4 mi
Whifford HillNE 48°291 m11.6 mi
Kendall HillNNE 19°290 m10.3 mi
Grant HillNE 38°284 m3.3 mi
Sugar HillNNE 20°282 m8.5 mi
Reed HillNNE 16°275 m4.8 mi
MannantuckSSW 206°273 m5.4 mi
John Tom HillSSW 206°272 m5.4 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 solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43438968

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