Falls River Sanctuary
Falls River Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Ridge Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Deep River Land Trust
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Ridge Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Nature Trail Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Howard Easement: 0.6 mi
- Incarnation Center: 1.4 mi
- Chittenden Hill Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Post Hill: 0.8 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.4 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 2.6 mi
- Orchard Hill: 2.9 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Plattwood Park: 1.7 mi
- Comstock Park: 2.4 mi
- Park Triangle: 2.6 mi
- Irene Sheldon Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 2.4 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.9 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 4.5 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 5.2 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 3.9 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 4.1 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 5.0 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 5.1 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 5.1 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 5.6 mi
- Grove Beach: 5.7 mi
- West Beach: 5.7 mi
- Middle Beach: 5.8 mi
- Clinton Beach: 6.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.6 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 6.3 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- Stone Table: 1.5 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 3.2 mi
- Historic Ferry: 5.4 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 8.5 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 10.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 5.4 mi
- James Madison: 7.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.6 mi
- snake: 10.1 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 15.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 2.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 7.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 13.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 19.4 mi
- Powder House: 19.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 9.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Falls River Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 328° | 201 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 27° | 167 m | 8.4 mi |
| Long Hill | N 353° | 154 m | 6.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 350° | 140 m | 5.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 354° | 138 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Archer | ENE 64° | 136 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 313° | 135 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wig Hill | N 5° | 128 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1211620140
Day trips start here
- Essex · 5 mi
- Old Saybrook · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 10 mi
- East Lyme · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- Waterford · 18 mi
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