Meigs Point Nature Center
Meigs Point Nature Center is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Quonnipaug Mountain stands 167 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammonasset Beach Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
- Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Salt Meadow Park: 1.3 mi
- Waterside Green Park: 1.8 mi
- Lafayette Green: 2.2 mi
- Hammonasset Beach: 0.6 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 1.7 mi
- Clinton Beach: 2.8 mi
- Grove Beach: 3.5 mi
- West Beach: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Knoll: 0.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.9 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.1 mi
- Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cow Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ferris Salt Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Town of Madison Canoe/Kayak Launch: 1.6 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 1.7 mi
- The Elliot Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Hammonasset River: 2.1 mi
- Veteran's Walk Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Boy Scout Tree: 2.1 mi
- Clinton: 2.1 mi
- Clinton War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 3.0 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 6.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.6 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cascade: 14.1 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
- Stone Table: 7.9 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 8.0 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 9.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 12.3 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 12.4 mi
- James Madison: 3.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 10.3 mi
- snake: 12.5 mi
- Big Bird: 16.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 8.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Powder House: 23.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Meigs Point Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NW 321° | 167 m | 12.7 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NW 312° | 156 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 341° | 153 m | 13.0 mi |
| West Sugarloaf | NW 311° | 145 m | 13.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 8° | 140 m | 12.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 12° | 138 m | 11.6 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNE 17° | 128 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 11° | 126 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/807626401
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 9 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Old Lyme · 13 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
- Waterford · 22 mi
- New London · 24 mi
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