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Sandy Hollow Drive Park

Sandy Hollow Drive Park from directly overhead

Sandy Hollow Drive Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Swamp Tract, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.34963, -72.13999

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Attractions: 28
  • The Whale: 2.4 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 6.8 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 6.9 mi
  • turtle rock: 9.7 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Silver Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Nathan Hale Statue: 2.0 mi
  • Sparky: 6.4 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 7.2 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 7.6 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Sandy Hollow Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillN 355°149 m7.1 mi
Crandall HillN 5°137 m7.3 mi
Ridge HillNNW 333°134 m6.1 mi
Morgan HillNW 326°120 m5.2 mi
Polly HillNW 322°117 m4.8 mi
Lynch HillN 1°115 m7.7 mi
Konomoc HillNNW 338°112 m4.1 mi
Pie HillN 2°109 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1453719472

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