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Mancheski Meadow

Mancheski Meadow from directly overhead

Mancheski Meadow is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ox Pasture, a park 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Madison Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27390, -72.64064

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Clapboard Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.6 mi
Museums
Gardens: 40
Waterfalls: 38
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Stair Brook Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Cascade: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Dinosaur Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.0 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.1 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.2 mi
  • Stone Table: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Mancheski Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW 336°230 m12.8 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 335°210 m12.0 mi
Goose HillNNE 18°201 m12.3 mi
Mount PisgahN 352°196 m12.1 mi
Totoket MountainNW 323°176 m10.7 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW 340°167 m9.0 mi
East SugarloafNW 326°156 m8.5 mi
Bunker HillN 3°153 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399583

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