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Fisher Meadows Recreation Area

Fisher Meadows Recreation Area from directly overhead

Fisher Meadows Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakes Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.78166, -72.82819
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Newton C. Brainard: 1.9 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 2.5 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.3 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 4.3 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Steven Sauter Rock: 2.3 mi
  • The Carrals: 3.1 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 3.2 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 3.2 mi
  • Carousel: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Perennial Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Shade Garden: 3.6 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks: 50
Cliffs: 26
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 1.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 1.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 1.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 1.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 1.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 13.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Fisher Meadows Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ratlum MountainNW 325°358 m9.0 mi
Johnnycake MountainWSW 257°354 m8.8 mi
Breezy HillNW 318°327 m8.6 mi
Yellow MountainWNW 294°310 m9.8 mi
West LedgeNNW 344°305 m8.3 mi
Scranton MountainWSW 259°300 m7.3 mi
Mount HopeWSW 238°297 m8.7 mi
Jones MountainNW 309°294 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage49 obs
  • Wood Frog33 obs
  • eastern white pine31 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • yellow trout lily22 obs
  • garlic mustard20 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches18 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/1201786936

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