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Aisley Meadows

Aisley Meadows from directly overhead

Aisley Meadows is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Skinner, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Flanders Nature Center
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.52639, -73.23591

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Hollow Park: 1.4 mi
  • Woodbury South Green: 1.7 mi
  • George Bennett Park: 2.0 mi
  • Three Rivers Park: 2.2 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • In Memory of George Washington: 1.7 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.1 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Southford Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 49
Beaches: 37
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Morris Town Beach: 11.1 mi
  • North Beach: 12.0 mi
  • South Beach: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 33
Artworks: 19
  • Jean Widmark: 3.4 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 10.1 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 10.1 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 10.1 mi
  • Maori Head: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Pond View: 14.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Aisley Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Painter HillNNW 331°324 m5.7 mi
Plumb HillNNW 337°322 m7.5 mi
Good HillNNW 327°292 m2.4 mi
Great HillE 84°292 m5.2 mi
Second HillWNW 285°285 m7.1 mi
Blackmans HillENE 73°282 m3.6 mi
Greenleaf HillNW 315°282 m4.9 mi
Woodruff HillESE 114°273 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208820647

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