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Solair Recreation League

Solair Recreation League from directly overhead

Solair Recreation League is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Stickney Hill stands 371 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodell Morse Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 2.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02158, -72.05507

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • World War Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Dresser Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 3.8 mi
  • Southbridge Town Common: 3.9 mi
  • Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.2 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 10.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 37
Museums: 35
Gardens: 18
  • Small House Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 17.8 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 15
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cargill Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Cascade: 15.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cascades: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 1.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Solair Recreation League. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stickney HillWSW 253°371 m6.9 mi
Coye HillSW 234°331 m4.4 mi
Blake HillNW 310°328 m5.3 mi
Walker MountainSW 229°325 m5.5 mi
Hatchet HillW 280°313 m1.4 mi
Corbin HillSW 224°289 m2.8 mi
Leadmine MountainNW 322°287 m4.9 mi
Coatney HillSSE 159°283 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:00
June solstice05:1319:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1415:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465766706962494031
Precip in4.13.54.64.43.74.44.34.44.25.04.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Newt13 obs
  • Ghost Pipe5 obs
  • mountain laurel4 obs
  • pinesap3 obs
  • Painted Suillus3 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk2 obs
  • cardinal flower2 obs
  • eastern hemlock2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1095773776

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