Shafran Conservation Area
Shafran Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eaton Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Tolland
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eaton Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Shenipsit Lake Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- High Ridge Drive Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Del-Aire Compground: 1.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- North Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Talcott Park: 2.9 mi
- Central Park: 3.0 mi
- Paulk Hill: 1.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.8 mi
- Newell Hill: 2.5 mi
- Kendall Hill: 2.8 mi
- Fox Hill: 3.0 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 2.6 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 3.0 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 3.0 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.9 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Sorry Rock: 7.9 mi
- The Walking Wall: 9.9 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 9.9 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 9.9 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 9.9 mi
- sensory garden: 2.1 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 2.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 9.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.7 mi
- filled-in well: 4.8 mi
- Goat Rock: 11.5 mi
- The Dreamyard: 11.7 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 12.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 13.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 6.5 mi
- Cascades: 8.6 mi
- Cascades: 8.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Crow Point: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.2 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 12.5 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 19.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.7 mi
- Rd: 24.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Picnic: 18.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Shafran Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | ENE 63° | 371 m | 12.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | ENE 68° | 362 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ENE 58° | 354 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NE 36° | 352 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 37° | 347 m | 12.0 mi |
| Peck Hill | NNE 26° | 336 m | 12.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 19° | 332 m | 7.8 mi |
| Sky Hill | ENE 71° | 331 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/790851776
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 2 mi
- Somers · 7 mi
- East Windsor · 8 mi
- Storrs · 10 mi
- Hampden · 12 mi
- Longmeadow · 14 mi
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