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Wickaboxet Camp

Wickaboxet Camp from directly overhead

Wickaboxet Camp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Howard Hill stands 209 m to the north-northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Penny Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wickaboxet Camp Association Inc
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.63606, -71.78824

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Beach Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
  • Pitch Pine Grove Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Beachdale Pond Boat Launch: 5.0 mi
  • Neil H. Cook Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
  • Constitution Field: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Old CCC Beach Pond Camp Remains: 4.2 mi
  • Whale Rock and Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
  • Camp Sway Memorial Staging Area: 7.4 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 7.9 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 8.1 mi
Museums
Artworks: 59
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 7.4 mi
  • Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 16.2 mi
  • Stone Turtle: 16.5 mi
  • Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 16.7 mi
  • Promised Day: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 36
Beaches: 34
Gardens: 22
Waterfalls: 19
  • Stepstone Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • Elizabeth Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Old Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Factory Pond: 19.5 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Little Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Big Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 19.4 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Wickaboxet Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Howard HillNNE 23°209 m9.4 mi
Ekonk HillNW 306°204 m3.9 mi
Bald HillE 83°203 m4.0 mi
Bennett HillNNE 13°197 m10.0 mi
Cucumber HillN 6°195 m8.4 mi
Bare HillW 274°193 m3.6 mi
Gibson HillN 358°189 m5.9 mi
Cranberry HillNNE 28°189 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1419:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968747264524233
Precip in4.53.55.04.73.64.13.24.33.95.34.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coventry 2, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/954789254

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