Manchester Fox and Coon Club
Manchester Fox and Coon Club is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Manchester Fox and Coon Club Inc.
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Carpenter Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- North River Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Broad Way Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Merrow Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Broadway Meadow Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 0.8 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 2.0 mi
- Merrow Meadow Park: 2.2 mi
- Patriots Park: 3.5 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 3.6 mi
- Riley Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Grant Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Reed Hill: 3.8 mi
- Pinney Hill: 4.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.5 mi
- dog memorial: 3.8 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 3.9 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 4.8 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 4.6 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 4.6 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 4.8 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.0 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 5.5 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 5.0 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 5.0 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.0 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.0 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 5.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 4.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 4.9 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.9 mi
- filled-in well: 5.4 mi
- Wolf Rock: 7.8 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 9.6 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 9.9 mi
- Insect Hotel: 11.1 mi
- Cascades: 3.5 mi
- Cascades: 3.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 6.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.8 mi
- Crow Point: 15.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.8 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 22.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 7.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 18.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
- Picnic: 20.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 9.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Manchester Fox and Coon Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapstone Mountain | NNW 343° | 315 m | 11.0 mi |
| Paulk Hill | NNW 341° | 294 m | 5.5 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NE 39° | 291 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 356° | 290 m | 7.9 mi |
| Westford Hill | NE 47° | 290 m | 10.9 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 292° | 284 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 350° | 282 m | 6.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | NW 316° | 275 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/527683263
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 5 mi
- Tolland · 5 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Somers · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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