Hanks Hill Pond

Hanks Hill Pond is a pond in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Hanks Hill Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet Chaffeeville, as well as near Gurleyville Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and William Benton Museum of Art.

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry

Museum

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The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is a public museum of puppetry operated by the University of Connecticut. The museum is located near the main UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

William Benton Museum of Art

Museum

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The William Benton Museum of Art is a public fine arts museum located on the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The Benton houses a permanent collection of over 6,500 artistic works and hosts special exhibitions, concerts, campus art walks, and other events. William Benton Museum of Art is situated 1½ miles west of Hanks Hill Pond.

E. O. Smith High School

School

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E. O. Smith High School, named after a member of Connecticut's legislature and former University of Connecticut president Edwin O. Smith, is a secondary school located in Storrs, Connecticut, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gurleyville Historic District and Spring Hill.

Gurleyville Historic District

Hamlet

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The Gurleyville Historic District encompasses a formerly industrial rural crossroads village in Mansfield, Connecticut. Centered on Gurleyville and Chaffeeville Roads, it includes a collection of mainly vernacular 19th-century residences, a stone gristmill dating to about 1749, and the archaeological remains of later industrial endeavours.

Spring Hill

Hamlet

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The Spring Hill Historic District encompasses a rural 19th-century village stretching along Storrs Road in Mansfield, Connecticut. Spring Hill developed as a rural waystation on an early 19th-century turnpike, and has seen only modest development since the late 19th century.

Storrs

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Storrs is a village and census-designated place in the town of Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region.

Hanks Hill Pond

Type: Pond
Also known as: “Hank Hill Pond”
Category: body of water
Location: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.80132° or 41° 48′ 5″ north

Longitude

-72.22232° or 72° 13′ 20″ west

Elevation

463 feet (141 metres)

Open location code

87H9RQ2H+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 793313635

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

4835721

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