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Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp

Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp from directly overhead

Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Vinnick Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kongscut Land Trust Inc

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70207, -72.50163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Car Wreck: 1.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 1.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.5 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.6 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.6 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 4.1 mi
  • Rotary Field: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.8 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 37°284 m9.9 mi
MannantuckENE 73°273 m1.6 mi
John Tom HillENE 72°272 m1.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 203°265 m5.4 mi
Box HillNNE 19°252 m7.4 mi
Clark HillS 190°241 m7.5 mi
Post HillESE 104°239 m8.7 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 13°237 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/951327615

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