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East River Saltmarsh Meadows

East River Saltmarsh Meadows from directly overhead

East River Saltmarsh Meadows is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East River Wildlife Area, a park 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Guilford Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28302, -72.64869

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Clapboard Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Hungry Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Tribute to Freedom: 1.2 mi
  • Guilford Granite: 1.7 mi
  • Guilford World War II Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Guilford World War I Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 1.7 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 45
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Stair Brook Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Cascade: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 42
Attractions: 29
  • Dinosaur Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Cave: 7.3 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 7.8 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 8.5 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of East River Saltmarsh Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler MountainNNW 337°230 m12.0 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 336°210 m11.3 mi
Goose HillNNE 21°201 m11.9 mi
Mount PisgahN 354°196 m11.4 mi
Totoket MountainNW 322°176 m10.0 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW 341°167 m8.2 mi
East SugarloafNW 326°156 m7.7 mi
Bunker HillN 6°153 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1127917008

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