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West Stafford Conservation Area

West Stafford Conservation Area from directly overhead

West Stafford Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Stafford
Getting there

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Coordinates41.97613, -72.35164

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Olympic Park: 2.2 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 2.2 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 2.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 3.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.9 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.1 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 10.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 7.6 mi
  • sensory garden: 8.1 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Goat Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.0 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.0 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 0.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascades: 11.9 mi
  • Cascades: 11.9 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Rd: 21.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 14.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of West Stafford Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 69°396 m7.9 mi
Mount PisgahNE 39°379 m9.1 mi
Bald HillE 91°371 m7.9 mi
Stickney HillE 82°371 m8.7 mi
Snow HillESE 102°362 m7.4 mi
Lead Mine HillE 97°361 m8.6 mi
Mount HitchcockNNE 32°356 m8.9 mi
Hedgehog HillE 90°354 m6.1 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1037469888

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