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Manley Heights

Manley Heights from directly overhead

Manley Heights is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Tavern Road Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1979-12-10
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orange Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27066, -73.00404

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Tavern Road Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Nike Site Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cynthia Circle Park: 1.2 mi
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Painter Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 4.0 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 3.6 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Cascade: 2.6 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 22
Attractions: 19
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 0.6 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Pond View: 12.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 2.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 2.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Manley Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 327°231 m10.8 mi
High RockNNE 18°216 m10.3 mi
Great HillNW 318°202 m8.7 mi
Barn HillWNW 298°200 m10.7 mi
Meeting House HillN 2°193 m10.8 mi
Israel HillWNW 294°192 m10.0 mi
Rockhouse HillNW 319°192 m10.6 mi
Round HillN 0°190 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399809

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