Mono Pond State Park Reserve
Mono Pond State Park Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarks Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 21.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Clarks Hill: 0.5 mi
- Post Hill: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.1 mi
- Utley Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cooks Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mono Pond Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
- Columbia Recreation Park: 2.0 mi
- Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Field: 2.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Utley Hill Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Utley Hill Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Hebron Sportsmen Club: 2.3 mi
- Tyler Field: 2.5 mi
- Saint Peter's Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 2.4 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 2.4 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 4.9 mi
- dog memorial: 5.9 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.8 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 5.1 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 5.2 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 5.3 mi
- William Beaumont House: 5.6 mi
- Lebanon Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Swifty: 6.0 mi
- Windy: 6.0 mi
- Willy: 6.1 mi
- Manny: 6.1 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 9.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 0.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.0 mi
- Mary's Garden: 6.1 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 7.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Grayville Falls: 4.8 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 7.8 mi
- Cascade: 8.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.1 mi
- Insect Hotel: 7.6 mi
- Wolf Rock: 8.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 22.7 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 23.0 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 23.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.9 mi
- Crow Point: 15.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 7.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 7.0 mi
- Old Spring: 24.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.0 mi
- Powder House: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mono Pond State Park Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | WNW 288° | 273 m | 8.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WNW 288° | 272 m | 8.7 mi |
| Post Hill | W 276° | 239 m | 1.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 304° | 237 m | 10.7 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | W 281° | 234 m | 9.9 mi |
| Birch Mountain | WNW 302° | 233 m | 10.3 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 314° | 231 m | 10.2 mi |
| Burnt Hill | WNW 292° | 229 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
- Monarch5 obs
- Acanthocephala terminalis5 obs
- American Nursery Web Spider5 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
- Turkey Vulture4 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee4 obs
- rough horsetail4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/704206344
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 7 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Storrs · 10 mi
- Norwich · 14 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
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