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Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area

Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Winton Park Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
24 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.90426, -72.60648

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Osbourne Field: 1.3 mi
  • Belaire Park: 1.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lancaster Park: 1.7 mi
  • Juniper Park: 1.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Barrett Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Birges Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Day Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Cook Hill: 4.9 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 58
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.4 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.4 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.4 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.1 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Flag Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Crow Point: 13.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Rd: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainENE 59°322 m11.7 mi
Soapstone MountainENE 69°315 m10.6 mi
Paulk HillE 98°294 m11.4 mi
Sugar HillE 93°282 m12.1 mi
Talcott MountainWSW 237°276 m11.8 mi
Reed HillESE 111°275 m11.3 mi
Newell HillE 81°264 m11.2 mi
Box HillSE 132°252 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel248 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco135 obs
  • House Sparrow111 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee100 obs
  • Northern Cardinal99 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker89 obs
  • Virginia Opossum88 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow84 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359289273

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