Nature reserve · Connecticut
Susan Lane
Susan Lane is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakwood Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
Coordinates41.79861, -72.40837
- 23.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Oakwood Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Ash Brook Drive Open Space: 0.8 mi
- High Meadow Lane Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Camp Newhocka: 1.2 mi
- Swamp Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Indian Notch Park: 0.9 mi
- Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.0 mi
- Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Grant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Box Hill: 2.4 mi
- Whites Hill: 3.1 mi
- Reed Hill: 3.2 mi
- Riley Mountain: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 4.7 mi
- dog memorial: 4.9 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.7 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 7.7 mi
Artworks
- Sorry Rock: 3.8 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 7.9 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 8.0 mi
- The Walking Wall: 8.0 mi
- The Walking Wall: 8.0 mi
Museums
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 4.0 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 5.2 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.4 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 5.5 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 57
- filled-in well: 3.2 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 6.9 mi
- Hay Tedder: 9.0 mi
- Car Wreck: 9.3 mi
- Insect Hotel: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 53
- Tolland Youth Garden: 5.1 mi
- sensory garden: 5.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 50
- Talcott Ravine: 4.5 mi
- Case Falls: 4.9 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 5.1 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Flag Rock: 2.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.7 mi
- Crow Point: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 6
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 15.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.1 mi
- Babbs Beach: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 5.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
- Picnic: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Susan Lane. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapstone Mountain | N 359° | 315 m | 11.1 mi |
| Paulk Hill | NNE 11° | 294 m | 5.8 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NE 50° | 291 m | 10.0 mi |
| Kendall Hill | NNE 16° | 290 m | 8.8 mi |
| Grant Hill | NE 41° | 284 m | 1.7 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NNE 16° | 282 m | 6.9 mi |
| Reed Hill | N 6° | 275 m | 3.2 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NE 46° | 275 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| 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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349082195
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 5 mi
- Storrs · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 11 mi
- Willimantic · 11 mi
- Somers · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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