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Lake Zoar Wildlife Area

Lake Zoar Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Lake Zoar Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Zoar Boat Launch, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
42 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.42871, -73.23845

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 0.1 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Union Square: 3.1 mi
  • Platt Park: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 4.6 mi
  • South Beach: 12.0 mi
  • North Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 14.7 mi
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 7.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Southford Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 9.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.7 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 9.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 7.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Lake Zoar Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSW 228°303 m6.9 mi
Blackmans HillNNE 25°282 m8.6 mi
Woodruff HillNE 55°273 m7.3 mi
Grassy HillN 355°256 m6.8 mi
Bronson MountainNNW 345°255 m6.7 mi
Taunton HillWSW 249°251 m6.2 mi
Rucum HillNNW 349°251 m7.2 mi
Hunters MountainENE 72°246 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bobcat22 obs
  • garlic mustard14 obs
  • American wintergreen12 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Ghost Pipe8 obs
  • Japanese barberry8 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Bluegill7 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359285064

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