Lake Winfield Recreation Area
Lake Winfield Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Jefferson Hill stands 378 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Hill: 0.6 mi
- Holt Hill: 1.2 mi
- Plymouth Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lane Hill: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Playground: 0.8 mi
- Baldwin Park: 1.0 mi
- Town Hall Field: 1.5 mi
- Vista Park: 1.8 mi
- Kenea Park: 2.3 mi
- Lock Museum of America: 0.8 mi
- Railroad Museum of New England: 2.1 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 4.1 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 4.3 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 4.5 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 2.0 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.5 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.5 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 5.6 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 6.8 mi
- Thomaston Dam: 2.0 mi
- City of Bristol Land: 2.1 mi
- Shepard Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Minor Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Dug Road): 3.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.8 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 4.0 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 4.0 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Tory's Den: 3.0 mi
- Rock House: 4.3 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 4.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 5.9 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 6.0 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 7.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.4 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 9.4 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 9.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 9.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.8 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.0 mi
- Maori Head: 9.0 mi
- Home: 12.8 mi
- Ravens Roost: 3.0 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 4.4 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 8.3 mi
- Boating Side: 3.4 mi
- Waterfront: 3.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 9.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 10.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 16.7 mi
- Big Spring: 18.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Lake Winfield Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Hill | WNW 304° | 378 m | 8.1 mi |
| Cotton Hill | N 355° | 360 m | 9.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WNW 296° | 359 m | 8.2 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNE 19° | 354 m | 5.3 mi |
| Guernsey Hill | WNW 290° | 346 m | 5.8 mi |
| Scoville Hill | NNW 327° | 340 m | 6.3 mi |
| East Chestnut Hill | WNW 295° | 324 m | 7.5 mi |
| Schermerhorn Hill | WNW 284° | 314 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43435966
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 29 mi
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