Nature reserve · Connecticut
Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land
Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Baldwin, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Wallingford
How to reach it
Coordinates41.40438, -72.73804
- 21.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Abraham Baldwin: 1.1 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Barnett Property): 1.2 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Big Gulph: 1.9 mi
- Priscilla Otte Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Meeting House Hill Meadows: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Totoket Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pistapaug Mountain: 1.9 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 2.0 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 2.0 mi
- West Sugarloaf: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 2.2 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Pond Hill Park: 4.9 mi
Museums
- Wallingford Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Farming Museum: 5.7 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 8.5 mi
Beaches
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.7 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 9.7 mi
- Shell Beach: 9.9 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 59
- Stair Brook Falls: 1.6 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 7.3 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 7.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.0 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 58
- Wallingford Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 9.8 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 37
- Bear Cave: 2.3 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 3.3 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.4 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 3.7 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 27
- snake: 3.3 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 10.2 mi
- James Madison: 11.2 mi
- First Tear: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Bluff Head: 2.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 2.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Wallingford Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Cold Spring: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Johnsonville Village: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | N 2° | 232 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | N 357° | 230 m | 2.7 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 357° | 219 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | N 2° | 210 m | 1.9 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 359° | 207 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | WNW 283° | 206 m | 8.1 mi |
| Goose Hill | ENE 73° | 201 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 49° | 196 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1416646432
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