Lane's Mine Nature Park
Lane's Mine Nature Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Jockey Hollow Road, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 168 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Monroe
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jockey Hollow Road: 0.6 mi
- Elm Street Green: 0.7 mi
- Wells Road: 0.7 mi
- Benedict Road: 0.9 mi
- Hawthorne Drive: 1.0 mi
- Monroe Center Historic District: 1.9 mi
- Monroe Green: 1.9 mi
- Stepney Green: 2.3 mi
- William E. Wolfe Park: 2.5 mi
- East Village Park: 3.2 mi
- Bugg Hill: 1.9 mi
- Moose Hill: 1.9 mi
- High Rock Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bagburn Hill: 2.3 mi
- Barn Hill: 2.7 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 2.6 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 4.8 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 7.1 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 7.6 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 8.1 mi
- The Castle: 3.1 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.1 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 5.2 mi
- Candle wall: 5.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 6.1 mi
- Zoar Beach: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.9 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.1 mi
- Seaside Beach: 13.3 mi
- Walnut Beach: 13.4 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Eklund Garden: 6.7 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 10.2 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.7 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cascade: 7.0 mi
- Cascades: 7.7 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 4.2 mi
- Millstone: 8.3 mi
- Millstone: 8.4 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 5.7 mi
- Mother Mary: 7.1 mi
- Heron: 7.7 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 9.3 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 10.2 mi
- Pond View: 2.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 2.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 15.3 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 20.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Lane's Mine Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | W 280° | 303 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sunset Hill | W 263° | 253 m | 6.5 mi |
| Taunton Hill | WNW 299° | 251 m | 6.7 mi |
| Eden Hill | WSW 255° | 240 m | 4.2 mi |
| Moose Hill | ENE 59° | 231 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NW 315° | 230 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NE 43° | 223 m | 7.4 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 303° | 217 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.
- Spring Peeper10 obs
- Tufted Titmouse9 obs
- American wintergreen9 obs
- American Goldfinch9 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel8 obs
- House Finch8 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker7 obs
- common jewelweed7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43436048
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 24 mi
- Putnam County · 27 mi
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