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Miles Wildlife Sanctuary

Miles Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Miles Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. The Pinnacle stands 502 m to the southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
255 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88090, -73.40793
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Waterfalls: 36
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 30
  • Lime Kiln: 4.6 mi
  • Folly: 4.8 mi
  • Dough Boy: 10.9 mi
  • East Canaan Veterans Monument: 11.2 mi
  • Tri-State Marker: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Town Hill Farm: 4.0 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 6.6 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 10.8 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Judea Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.1 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 22.7 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Newsboy Statue: 20.9 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 22.7 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 22.7 mi
  • Naked Lady: 22.9 mi
  • Diving Lady: 23.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 18.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Miles Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnacleSE 128°502 m6.7 mi
Red MountainESE 111°499 m6.4 mi
Sedgwick MountainE 94°495 m6.7 mi
Bartholomew HillESE 108°484 m7.0 mi
Howe MountainENE 72°473 m5.9 mi
Ellsworth HillSSW 203°473 m5.9 mi
Woodbury MountainSSE 152°464 m6.5 mi
Titus MountainENE 71°464 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American chestnut23 obs
  • Canadian lousewort12 obs
  • azure bluet11 obs
  • fen grass of Parnassus10 obs
  • smooth yellow false foxglove9 obs
  • robin's-plantain8 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain8 obs
  • yellow star grass8 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 way/43440744

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