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East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area

East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area from directly overhead

East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of -2 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Beacon Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
-2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26807, -72.86329

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 0.6 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 0.6 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
Parks
Beaches
Gardens: 46
Waterfalls: 36
Attractions: 22
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 0.8 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 10.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 4.3 mi
  • An American Dream: 4.4 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 4.9 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 5.3 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.0 mi
  • Pond View: 19.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 338°216 m10.8 mi
Mount CarmelN 353°206 m11.3 mi
Round HillNW 319°190 m11.0 mi
Peck HillNW 311°183 m11.6 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 29°176 m10.3 mi
Peck HillNW 309°171 m11.5 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 44°167 m12.2 mi
East SugarloafNE 43°156 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail18 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
  • post oak16 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 way/725223233

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