Hetzel Refuge
Hetzel Refuge is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Magnolia Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is U.S.D.A plaque, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Flanders Nature Center
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- U.S.D.A plaque: 0.0 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 4.0 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Monument: 4.2 mi
- Breakneck Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Fair: 1.3 mi
- Great Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bedlam Hill: 2.0 mi
- Blackmans Hill: 2.5 mi
- Robert Clark Tract: 0.5 mi
- William & Mary Woods: 0.6 mi
- Griffith Tract: 0.6 mi
- Griffith Tract Addition: 0.6 mi
- Truelove-McLean Tract: 0.6 mi
- Ledgewood Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Meadowview Park: 2.2 mi
- Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Medicinal Garden: 2.7 mi
- Permaculture Area: 2.7 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 4.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.6 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.2 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 4.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Southford Falls: 6.7 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.6 mi
- Poet's Circle: 2.6 mi
- Biblical Garden: 2.6 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Waterfront: 7.1 mi
- Boating Side: 7.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 10.8 mi
- Rock House: 6.5 mi
- Millstone: 6.7 mi
- Millstone: 6.8 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 7.6 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 7.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Ben Franklin: 4.1 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 4.1 mi
- Maori Head: 4.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 7.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 4.2 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.7 mi
- Ravens Roost: 13.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.1 mi
- Pond View: 17.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 17.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Hetzel Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Hill | NNW 329° | 294 m | 7.0 mi |
| Great Hill | SSW 211° | 292 m | 1.3 mi |
| Good Hill | W 273° | 292 m | 7.2 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | WSW 256° | 282 m | 2.5 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SSE 160° | 275 m | 4.8 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | S 181° | 273 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bucks Hill | NE 52° | 268 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Tobe | NNE 32° | 267 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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