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Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary

Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Charter Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89280, -72.34517
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Crystal Springs: 2.4 mi
  • North Cemetery: 2.6 mi
  • River Road Park: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 2.6 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.9 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 8.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • filled-in well: 6.7 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 11.1 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Goat Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 2.2 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 16.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNE 54°371 m9.5 mi
Stickney HillNE 50°371 m10.8 mi
Snow HillENE 59°362 m8.1 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 60°361 m9.5 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 45°354 m8.2 mi
Tupper HillNNE 21°352 m10.3 mi
Bear HillNNE 22°347 m10.7 mi
Moss HillNNE 25°341 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1059901688

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