Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area
Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapman Mill Pond Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kirtland Landing: 0.6 mi
- Liberty Green: 1.5 mi
- Lafayette Green: 1.6 mi
- Waterside Green Park: 2.0 mi
- Indian River Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Police Department Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.5 mi
- Lafayette's Tour: 1.6 mi
- Abraham Pierson Statue: 1.6 mi
- Charles Morgan Statue: 1.6 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 2.7 mi
- Meigs Point Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Grove Beach: 1.8 mi
- Clinton Beach: 1.9 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- West Beach: 2.3 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 2.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 8.8 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 7.3 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Cascade: 10.5 mi
- Cascade: 11.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
- Stone Table: 4.2 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.7 mi
- Historic Ferry: 9.3 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 11.1 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 11.6 mi
- James Madison: 5.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 5.9 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 7.7 mi
- snake: 11.9 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 17.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.4 mi
- Powder House: 20.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 20.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 342° | 201 m | 10.8 mi |
| Long Hill | N 358° | 154 m | 10.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 9.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 0° | 138 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 44° | 136 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wig Hill | N 6° | 128 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tower Hill | NNW 347° | 126 m | 4.4 mi |
| Buell Hill | NW 314° | 119 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1076432866
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 6 mi
- Essex · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 10 mi
- East Lyme · 15 mi
- Waterford · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
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