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Massacoe State Forest

Massacoe State Forest from directly overhead

Massacoe State Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 112 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
112 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85605, -72.86212
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.3 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 6.1 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.2 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 2.6 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 6.3 mi
  • Cow: 8.1 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.6 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 57
Waterfalls: 57
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Primary Garden: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 5.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 6.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Massacoe State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 337°421 m8.7 mi
Cotton HillWSW 252°360 m9.8 mi
Washington HillNNW 338°359 m7.3 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 304°358 m4.1 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 224°354 m9.8 mi
West HillW 278°328 m8.3 mi
Breezy HillWNW 287°327 m4.2 mi
Pine ConeN 356°323 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American Black Bear82 obs
  • White-tailed Deer48 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk31 obs
  • Wild Turkey30 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Northern Cardinal26 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
  • Ghost Pipe21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/344773233

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