Minnie Island State Park
Minnie Island State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the south-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pequot Ledge, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pequot Ledge: 0.3 mi
- Forsyth Hill: 1.9 mi
- Ladd Hill: 2.3 mi
- Raymond Hill: 2.4 mi
- Chapel Hill: 2.8 mi
- Gardner Lake State Park: 0.4 mi
- Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
- Savin Lake Park: 4.8 mi
- Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Montville American Little League Complex: 5.5 mi
- Laurel Lock Campground: 0.6 mi
- Church Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Oxoboxo Cross Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Norwich-Salem Turnpike Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- The Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village: 5.2 mi
- Blue Slope Country Museum: 6.2 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 6.7 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 6.7 mi
- Transient Workmans Camp: 5.3 mi
- Transient Workman's Camp Buildings: 5.3 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 6.2 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 7.1 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 7.5 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 10.8 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 12.7 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 12.8 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Crescent Beach: 13.2 mi
- Chapman Falls: 6.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.7 mi
- Yantic Falls: 7.1 mi
- Cascade: 8.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 5.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 6.8 mi
- River Blue: 6.9 mi
- Sparky: 7.2 mi
- Nevertheless: 7.7 mi
- turtle rock: 5.6 mi
- Devil's Oven: 6.4 mi
- tri-town marker: 6.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 9.0 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 10.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.4 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.5 mi
- Laurel Walk: 10.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 17.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 23.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 23.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 5.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.8 mi
- Powder House: 12.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.9 mi
- Old Spring: 13.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Minnie Island State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | SSE 159° | 182 m | 2.8 mi |
| Tater Hill | WSW 246° | 179 m | 7.9 mi |
| Buckley Hill | WNW 295° | 176 m | 7.3 mi |
| Long Hill | W 275° | 175 m | 5.9 mi |
| Maynard Hill | SSW 199° | 174 m | 3.1 mi |
| Goshen Hill | N 351° | 174 m | 7.1 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | S 182° | 171 m | 1.9 mi |
| Cockle Hill | W 277° | 171 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 8 mi away.
- hemp dogbane6 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird5 obs
- Common Watersnake5 obs
- sassafras5 obs
- American Toad5 obs
- Bobcat4 obs
- Mourning Dove3 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/80262569
Day trips start here
- Montville · 4 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 7 mi
- Norwich · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 11 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Preston · 11 mi
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