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Tobiassen Memorial Forest

Tobiassen Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Tobiassen Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Weigold Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.83475, -72.37313
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 1.8 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.8 mi
  • dog memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.2 mi
Parks
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.0 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.2 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 3.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 2.2 mi
  • sensory garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 48
  • filled-in well: 3.9 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.9 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 12.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascades: 4.9 mi
  • Cascades: 4.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Picnic: 19.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Tobiassen Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillN 4°332 m11.6 mi
Bald MountainN 350°322 m11.0 mi
Soapstone MountainNNW 347°315 m8.8 mi
Paulk HillNNW 348°294 m3.3 mi
Crow HillN 8°292 m11.1 mi
Whifford HillNE 56°291 m7.1 mi
Kendall HillN 5°290 m6.0 mi
Westford HillENE 59°290 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/551308924

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