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Old Saybrook Town Launching Ramp (North Cove Road)

Old Saybrook Town Launching Ramp (North Cove Road) from directly overhead

Old Saybrook Town Launching Ramp (North Cove Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Old Saybrook Dock (Sheffield Street), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.28725, -72.36112

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Beaches
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Suellen Kozy McCuin: 4.1 mi
  • Westbrook Honor Roll: 4.5 mi
  • Westbrook: 4.6 mi
  • In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Stone Table: 6.8 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.9 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.7 mi
  • turtle rock: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Silver Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.1 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 12.9 mi
  • West Garden: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 24
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Old Saybrook Town Launching Ramp (North Cove Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArcherN 1°136 m8.0 mi
Grassy HillNNE 28°129 m8.9 mi
Tower HillWNW 300°126 m9.5 mi
Nickerson HillNNE 13°123 m7.9 mi
Honey HillN 359°114 m7.4 mi
Brown HillNNE 17°112 m7.2 mi
Bushy HillNW 308°105 m7.2 mi
Pond HillNE 48°103 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439359

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