Eightmile River State Access Area
Eightmile River State Access Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pexto Field, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 54 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pexto Field: 1.1 mi
- Forestville Fishing Club: 1.8 mi
- Toffolon Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- YMCA Camp Sloper: 3.5 mi
- Bradley Barnes Museum: 1.3 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 4.9 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 5.0 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 5.1 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 5.1 mi
- Panthorn Park: 1.9 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 2.4 mi
- Southington Recreation Park: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Wolcott Green: 3.7 mi
- Libby's Lump: 2.3 mi
- Hospital Rock: 7.4 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 7.7 mi
- 1954: 9.2 mi
- Tory's Den: 9.5 mi
- Southington Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Churchill Hill: 2.7 mi
- Compounce Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lindsley Hill: 3.5 mi
- Redstone Hill: 3.5 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 2.4 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 5.7 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 5.7 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 6.4 mi
- Red Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Cascades: 3.2 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 9.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.4 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 9.4 mi
- Maori Head: 7.6 mi
- Home: 7.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.0 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.0 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 4.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 6.4 mi
- Boating Side: 7.4 mi
- Waterfront: 7.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.6 mi
- Green Wall: 7.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 7.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Ravens Roost: 9.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 2.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 22.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.4 mi
- Big Spring: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Eightmile River State Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | NW 325° | 313 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | WNW 295° | 312 m | 3.5 mi |
| Clinton Hill | WNW 282° | 303 m | 5.5 mi |
| West Peak | SE 131° | 301 m | 4.1 mi |
| Becar Hill | WNW 287° | 297 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNW 336° | 297 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 299° | 295 m | 8.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | NW 319° | 290 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- Blue Jay19 obs
- American Robin15 obs
- House Sparrow15 obs
- garlic mustard11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 obs
- American pokeweed10 obs
- Western Honey Bee9 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1218527305
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 28 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 29 mi
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