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Laurel Lock Campground

Laurel Lock Campground from directly overhead

Laurel Lock Campground is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the south-southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnie Island State Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51453, -72.22109

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Gardner Lake State Park: 1.0 mi
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
  • Savin Lake Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Fernwood Playground: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 46
  • Chapman Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Silver Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 43
Attractions: 40
  • turtle rock: 6.1 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 6.6 mi
  • tri-town marker: 7.0 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.4 mi
  • The Dark Manor Haunted House: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 29
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Windham Spring: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Laurel Lock Campground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillSSE 163°182 m3.3 mi
Tater HillWSW 243°179 m8.2 mi
Buckley HillWNW 290°176 m7.1 mi
Long HillW 269°175 m5.9 mi
Maynard HillSSW 197°174 m3.7 mi
Goshen HillN 350°174 m6.5 mi
Forsyth HillS 182°171 m2.5 mi
Cockle HillW 265°171 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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