Shenipsit State Forest
Shenipsit State Forest is a state forest located in northeastern Connecticut with 11 parcels scattered between the towns of Somers, Ellington, and Stafford.
- Type: Forest
- Description: forest in the United States
- Also known as: “Soapstone Mountain State Forest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soapstone Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somers and Somersville.
Somers
Town
Somers is a census-designated place comprising the primary village in the town of Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the Somers CDP had a population of 1,990, out of 10,255 in the town of Somers. Somers is situated 2½ miles northwest of Shenipsit State Forest.
Somersville
Hamlet
The Somersville Historic District encompasses the historic components of the mill village of Somersville in western Somers, Connecticut, United States. Somersville is situated 4 miles west of Shenipsit State Forest.
Ellington
Town
Ellington is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Ellington was incorporated in May 1786, from East Windsor. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 16,426. Ellington is situated 5 miles southwest of Shenipsit State Forest.
Shenipsit State Forest
- Category: protected area
- Location: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.96121° or 41° 57′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.41231° or 72° 24′ 44″ west
Elevation
886 feet (270 metres)
Open location code
87H9XH6Q+F3
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Shenipsit State Forest” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shenipsit State Forest”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة ولاية شنيبسيت”
- German: “Shenipsit State Forest”
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Localities in the Area
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