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Mineral Springs Campground

Mineral Springs Campground from directly overhead

Mineral Springs Campground is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Satkowski Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.

Private, Open To Public With Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mineral Springs Family Campground Inc.
Getting there

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Coordinates42.00443, -72.29124

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.3 mi
  • Town Hall Park: 1.4 mi
  • Furnace Hollow Square Park: 1.4 mi
  • Staffordville Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Olympic Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.0 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 8.3 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.6 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 10.8 mi
Museums: 59
Attractions: 59
  • Path Continues: 6.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.8 mi
  • Goat Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.2 mi
  • SSG 102: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 39
Gardens: 30
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 10.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 11.5 mi
  • Small House Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Cascades: 13.3 mi
  • Cascades: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Rd: 22.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 10.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mineral Springs Campground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 78°396 m4.3 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 28°379 m5.7 mi
Bald HillESE 113°371 m5.3 mi
Stickney HillE 98°371 m5.6 mi
Snow HillSE 130°362 m5.4 mi
Lead Mine HillESE 118°361 m6.2 mi
Mount HitchcockNNE 16°356 m5.8 mi
Hedgehog HillESE 123°354 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1419:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1515:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438750

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