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Virginia and Charles House Park

Virginia and Charles House Park from directly overhead

Virginia and Charles House Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Olive Chambers Parklet, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.79241, -72.48826
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Parks
  • Lake Street Parklet: 0.5 mi
  • Scott Drive Parklet: 0.6 mi
  • Salter's Pond: 0.8 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions: 57
  • filled-in well: 3.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.0 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.5 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.7 mi
  • sensory garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Virginia and Charles House Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNE 19°315 m12.1 mi
Paulk HillNE 41°294 m8.1 mi
Kendall HillNE 36°290 m11.0 mi
Grant HillENE 72°284 m5.5 mi
Sugar HillNE 40°282 m9.3 mi
Reed HillNE 50°275 m5.7 mi
MannantuckS 172°273 m5.8 mi
John Tom HillS 172°272 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399599

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