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Great Island Marshes

Great Island Marshes from directly overhead

Great Island Marshes is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Watch Rock Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.29795, -72.32862

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Johnnycake Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Ferry Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Obed Heights: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions: 32
  • Stone Table: 7.8 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 8.7 mi
  • tri-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 10.0 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Silver Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 23
  • Memorial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 11.2 mi
  • West Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 11.2 mi
  • East Garden: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Great Island Marshes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArcherNNW 348°136 m7.5 mi
Grassy HillNNE 20°129 m7.6 mi
Nickerson HillN 1°123 m6.9 mi
Honey HillNNW 345°114 m6.9 mi
Brown HillN 4°112 m6.2 mi
Bushy HillWNW 296°105 m8.2 mi
Pond HillNE 43°103 m6.5 mi
Millstone HillNNW 328°101 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439394

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