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Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area

Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Ayer Hill stands 144 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Groton Open Space, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 9.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37552, -72.01493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 55
Attractions: 25
Waterfalls: 22
  • Cascade: 1.4 mi
  • Cascade: 1.5 mi
  • Silver Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Cascade: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 20
  • John Kelley Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 2.8 mi
  • Mjolnir: 3.0 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 3.0 mi
  • Penguin: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 14
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Factory Pond: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ayer HillNNE 22°144 m8.0 mi
Wintechog HillNE 38°139 m7.5 mi
Crandall HillNW 313°137 m8.0 mi
Church HillN 7°120 m5.6 mi
Lantern HillNNE 32°118 m6.9 mi
Pie HillNW 306°109 m7.8 mi
Gungywamp HillNW 311°108 m2.7 mi
Vinegar HillNNW 328°108 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1115:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1210805511

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