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Manchester Sportsmen's Association

Manchester Sportsmen's Association from directly overhead

Manchester Sportsmen's Association is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Geraldine Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Sportsmen's Association Inc.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82583, -72.33107

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Laidlaw Park: 0.9 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 2.6 mi
  • Lisicke Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.0 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 44
  • filled-in well: 6.1 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 10.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 11.2 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cascades: 2.6 mi
  • Cascades: 2.7 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 18.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Manchester Sportsmen's Association. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNE 35°362 m10.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNNW 335°315 m10.1 mi
Paulk HillNW 323°294 m4.7 mi
Whifford HillNE 39°291 m5.9 mi
Kendall HillNNW 346°290 m6.7 mi
Westford HillNE 49°290 m9.3 mi
Grant HillWSW 258°284 m2.9 mi
Sugar HillNNW 336°282 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349087005

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