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Great Harbor Hunting Area

Great Harbor Hunting Area from directly overhead

Great Harbor Hunting Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Harbor Wildlife Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26065, -72.70010

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 45
Gardens: 42
Attractions: 30
  • Dinosaur Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.0 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 10.0 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 18.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Great Harbor Hunting Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainN 352°232 m13.9 mi
Fowler MountainN 350°230 m12.8 mi
Pistapaug MountainN 351°210 m12.0 mi
Mount PisgahN 6°196 m12.9 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 340°176 m10.0 mi
Quonnipaug MountainN 360°167 m9.3 mi
East SugarloafNNW 348°156 m8.1 mi
Bunker HillNNE 18°153 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 10 mi away.

  • Osprey31 obs
  • Eastern Oyster21 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • American Herring Gull18 obs
  • American Oystercatcher16 obs
  • Mallard16 obs
  • common mugwort16 obs
  • jimsonweed16 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359284836

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