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Darling Wildlife Sanctuary

Darling Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Darling Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Simsbury Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.86967, -72.78106
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 0.4 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 2.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 2.6 mi
  • Farm Tool: 4.4 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Hop Brook Landing at the Flower Bridge: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 1.5 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 1.5 mi
  • Baxter Lawn: 1.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions: 56
Waterfalls: 56
Gardens: 54
  • Perennial Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Bike Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 4.3 mi
  • Cow: 4.4 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Painted Cow: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 6.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 13.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Darling Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 313°421 m10.3 mi
Washington HillNW 310°359 m9.0 mi
Ratlum MountainW 280°358 m7.7 mi
Breezy HillW 272°327 m8.2 mi
Pine ConeNW 320°323 m7.2 mi
West LedgeWNW 292°305 m5.1 mi
Jones MountainW 270°294 m10.0 mi
Barnes HillWSW 238°283 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436651

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