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First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary

First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Daleville School Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.

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First Naturalist Church and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Coordinates41.85452, -72.22974
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Old root cellar: 3.2 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 4.2 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Ashford Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 3.5 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.5 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 3.6 mi
  • River Road Park: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 56
Attractions: 44
  • Wolf Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Frog Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 10.8 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.3 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Codfish Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.1 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 13.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 12°371 m8.4 mi
Snow HillN 8°362 m7.0 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 17°361 m7.8 mi
Hedgehog HillN 359°354 m8.4 mi
Sky HillNNE 15°331 m6.9 mi
Walker MountainNNE 31°325 m9.3 mi
Paulk HillWNW 283°294 m8.3 mi
Whifford HillNNW 330°291 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/972755257

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