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Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge

Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Escoheag Hill stands 168 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Falls River Glen Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.47252, -71.80801

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
Museums: 59
Beaches: 47
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 7.5 mi
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 8.6 mi
  • Penguin: 10.1 mi
  • Giant Troll Greta Granit: 10.3 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 17
  • Stepstone Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 13.8 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.2 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 10.4 mi
  • Big Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Skate Hut: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Old Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 12.2 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escoheag HillN 11°168 m9.4 mi
Prentice MountainWNW 284°163 m6.9 mi
Penny HillNNE 16°159 m11.2 mi
Chapman HillWNW 298°158 m3.1 mi
Pine HillNE 54°158 m11.4 mi
Stone HillNNW 337°157 m10.8 mi
Barns HillWNW 285°155 m5.9 mi
Pendleton HillNW 318°153 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2318:59
June solstice05:1419:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025033370

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