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Marsh Pond

Marsh Pond from directly overhead

Marsh Pond is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Grove Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.77468, -72.49903

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Munro Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Lake Street Parklet: 1.2 mi
  • Center Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.4 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • dog memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Slocomb Mill: 8.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.8 mi
  • William H. Putnam: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 57
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.8 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 5.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Marsh Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNE 38°294 m9.4 mi
Kendall HillNE 35°290 m12.3 mi
Grant HillENE 63°284 m6.5 mi
Sugar HillNE 38°282 m10.6 mi
Reed HillNE 46°275 m7.0 mi
MannantuckSSE 164°273 m4.8 mi
John Tom HillSSE 163°272 m4.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 193°265 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1060179653

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