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Raymond Brook Wildlife Management Area

Raymond Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Raymond Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mussman Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

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What to expect

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State of Connecticut
Getting there

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Coordinates41.62811, -72.35288
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Little League Baseball Park: 0.5 mi
  • CT Salmon River State Park: 2.2 mi
  • Colchester Fish and Game Club: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Colchester Recreation Complex: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 1.1 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 1.2 mi
  • Dr. William Beaumont: 6.8 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 8.4 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 8.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Waterfalls: 51
  • Grayville Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Moodus Falls: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.2 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 4.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Eagle Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.2 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 7.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 8.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Raymond Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNW 312°273 m8.3 mi
John Tom HillNW 312°272 m8.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 271°265 m9.8 mi
Clark HillWSW 256°241 m9.2 mi
Post HillNNE 14°239 m3.1 mi
Kongscut MountainWNW 301°234 m9.0 mi
Birch MountainNW 322°233 m10.7 mi
Burnt HillNNW 340°229 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/787683583

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