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Franklin Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Franklin Swamp Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Franklin Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Gates Hill stands 204 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Giddings Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 5.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.61896, -72.13159
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Giddings Park: 0.7 mi
  • Town of Sprague War Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • River Park: 2.4 mi
  • The Pines Ice Skating Pond: 2.9 mi
  • Firemen's Field: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Waterfalls: 46
Artworks: 38
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 28
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Old Spring: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Franklin Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gates HillNW 316°204 m6.2 mi
Parish HillN 8°200 m8.8 mi
Westminster HillNE 41°187 m8.5 mi
Obwebetuck HillNNW 327°185 m4.9 mi
Sweet HillNW 305°183 m6.2 mi
Goshen HillW 262°174 m5.8 mi
Cooks HillWNW 303°174 m7.6 mi
Pleasure HillN 2°172 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1051705336

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