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Goose Island

Goose Island from directly overhead

Goose Island is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peck Ledge Light, a lighthouse 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saugatuck Valley Audubon Society, Inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07190, -73.37191

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Eye of Odin: 1.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Minuteman Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 3.1 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 3.4 mi
Beaches
Parks
  • Calf Pasture Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Shady Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Taylor Farm Park: 1.7 mi
  • Charles Creek Park: 1.9 mi
  • Ludlow Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Seymour Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Sasqua Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Compo Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Golden Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 4.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.8 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 8.8 mi
  • Samford Sign: 9.0 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 9.0 mi
  • Heron Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Inferno: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 9.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.7 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 15.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 3.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.2 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.8 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 5.9 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade: 12.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Goose Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNW 331°184 m11.3 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 333°171 m12.2 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 333°164 m10.4 mi
Powells HillN 10°159 m11.5 mi
Sport HillNNE 25°154 m12.9 mi
Flirt HillN 10°148 m12.8 mi
Staples HillNNE 19°144 m12.0 mi
Honey HillNNW 346°143 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398126

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