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Dr. John E. Flaherty Field Trial Area & Wildlife Management Area

Dr. John E. Flaherty Field Trial Area & Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dr. John E. Flaherty Field Trial Area & Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is East Windsor Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 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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Coordinates41.90940, -72.58794

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Prospect Hill Park: 1.4 mi
  • Osbourne Field: 1.8 mi
  • Belaire Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mill Pond: 2.3 mi
  • Town Hall Ball Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 57
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.0 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.0 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.0 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.5 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Flag Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.0 mi
  • Crow Point: 14.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Rd: 20.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Dr. John E. Flaherty Field Trial Area & Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainENE 58°322 m10.7 mi
Soapstone MountainENE 69°315 m9.6 mi
Perkins MountainNE 49°298 m12.1 mi
Paulk HillE 101°294 m10.6 mi
Kendall HillE 86°290 m11.6 mi
Sugar HillE 95°282 m11.2 mi
Reed HillESE 115°275 m10.5 mi
Chestnut MountainENE 65°275 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1468492363

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