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Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary

Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooke Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1985
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.46947, -72.89806
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 1.2 mi
  • The Church Green: 2.0 mi
  • Gaylord Fields: 2.1 mi
  • Town Open Space (Schoolhouse Rd.& Algonquin Drive): 2.3 mi
  • McNamara Field: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Winnett Food Forest: 8.8 mi
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 52
Attractions: 51
  • Washington Trail monument: 8.4 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.9 mi
  • 1954: 10.0 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 11.0 mi
  • Bear Cave: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 13.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.5 mi
  • Pond View: 20.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNE 24°301 m7.0 mi
Southington MountainNNW 344°281 m9.4 mi
East PeakNNE 28°277 m6.8 mi
Mount SanfordWSW 259°263 m2.7 mi
Turkey HillNW 305°263 m6.4 mi
Prospect HillWNW 298°260 m4.8 mi
Hopkins HillWNW 282°259 m5.9 mi
Prospect MountainW 274°253 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438282

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