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Stafford Wood West Campground

Stafford Wood West Campground from directly overhead

Stafford Wood West Campground is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun Valley Beach Club, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Private, Open To Public With Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sun Valley Camping Cooperative
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98679, -72.36778

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Olympic Park: 3.2 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 3.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 3.4 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.0 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.7 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 9.9 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 10.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • sensory garden: 8.3 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 12.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Goat Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.0 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.4 mi
  • SSG 102: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 1.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascades: 12.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 12.8 mi
  • Cascades: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Rd: 20.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic: 14.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Stafford Wood West Campground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 76°396 m8.4 mi
Mount PisgahNE 46°379 m9.1 mi
Bald HillE 96°371 m8.8 mi
Stickney HillE 87°371 m9.5 mi
Snow HillESE 105°362 m8.4 mi
Lead Mine HillE 100°361 m9.6 mi
Mount HitchcockNE 39°356 m8.8 mi
Hedgehog HillE 96°354 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440098

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