Mooween State Park

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Mooween State Park
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location Lebanon , New London County , USA
surface 2.34 km 2
Geographical location 41 ° 33 ′  N , 72 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′ 23 "  N , 72 ° 13 ′ 33"  W
Mooween State Park, Connecticut
Mooween State Park
Setup date 1990
administration Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, Connecticut State
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Mooween State Park is a state park in the US state of Connecticut in the municipality of Lebanon on the shores of Red Cedar Lake . The park is accordingly also referred to as Red Cedar Lake State Park .

Surname

Moween is the Algonquian word for brown bear . It was used for the youth camp of the same name. It is said that Edwin Herbert Land received decisive suggestions for the development of the Polarois camera as a youth at one of the camps held there by Cap Girden .

geography

The park extends from the north shore of Red Cedar Lake for 577 acres to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Highway. The Red Cedar Lake drained over a short tributary of the Deep River to Yantic River to the north. While on the south side of the Austin Brook flows east to the Thames River . The highest point rises to 140 m (459 ft) above sea level . The closest state park is Hopemead State Park a few miles south on Gardner Lake .

free time activities

The park offers hiking, boating, and fishing opportunities.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ State Parks and Forests : Funding, Recruiting, and Referrals. (PDF)
  3. ↑ Mooween State Park . In: State Parks and Forests . Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ AZ
  5. ^ US Geological Survey. The National Map

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