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Lillian's Garden

Lillian's Garden from directly overhead

Lillian's Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tribute to Freedom, a historic site 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27348, -72.66628

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls: 46
Gardens: 41
Attractions: 30
  • Dinosaur Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 7.5 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.9 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.1 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Lillian's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW 342°230 m12.3 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 341°210 m11.5 mi
Goose HillNNE 24°201 m12.8 mi
Mount PisgahN 358°196 m12.0 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 329°176 m10.0 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW 348°167 m8.6 mi
East SugarloafNNW 334°156 m7.8 mi
Bunker HillN 10°153 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Osprey38 obs
  • Eastern Oyster28 obs
  • American Herring Gull26 obs
  • American Oystercatcher23 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
  • Great Egret23 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab22 obs
  • Monarch21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1273957240

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