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Jones Reserve

Jones Reserve from directly overhead

Jones Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kongscut Mountain Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69725, -72.52084

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 0.5 mi
  • Car Wreck: 1.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 0.6 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.9 mi
  • Rotary Field: 3.2 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 3.3 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 5.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.4 mi
  • South Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Jones Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 72°273 m2.6 mi
John Tom HillENE 72°272 m2.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 194°265 m4.8 mi
Box HillNNE 25°252 m8.0 mi
Clark HillS 182°241 m7.1 mi
Post HillE 101°239 m9.6 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 24°237 m4.4 mi
Kongscut MountainE 97°234 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1023996714

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