Selden Neck State Park
Selden Neck State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Selden Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 24.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Selden Creek Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Selden Creek Unit: 0.7 mi
- Deep River Marina Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Ravine Trail Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Selden Landing: 1.1 mi
- Observatory Hill: 0.7 mi
- Shippy Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mitchell Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fountain Hill: 1.4 mi
- Rattling Valley Hill: 1.4 mi
- Devitt Field: 1.7 mi
- North Quarter Park: 1.8 mi
- Hubbard Field: 2.8 mi
- Essex Tennis Courts: 3.1 mi
- Municipal Triangle: 3.1 mi
- Gillette Castle: 1.9 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 2.2 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 3.3 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 3.5 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 3.2 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 4.0 mi
- The Eagle: 4.0 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.9 mi
- Chalker Beach: 8.3 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 8.4 mi
- Chapman Beach: 8.4 mi
- Stannard Beach: 8.4 mi
- Middle Beach: 8.4 mi
- Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Historic Ferry: 1.9 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 3.3 mi
- Stone Table: 4.4 mi
- tri-town marker: 6.0 mi
- Devil's Oven: 6.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.3 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 10.0 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.3 mi
- James Madison: 12.9 mi
- snake: 13.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 2.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 3.0 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.9 mi
- Chimney Corner: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 7.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.5 mi
- Powder House: 15.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.0 mi
- Old Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Selden Neck State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | NNE 31° | 179 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | N 355° | 167 m | 4.4 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 304° | 154 m | 6.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 296° | 140 m | 5.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 285° | 138 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Archer | E 83° | 136 m | 2.7 mi |
| Dolbia Hill | NE 46° | 134 m | 6.5 mi |
| Grassy Hill | E 88° | 129 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 19 mi away.
- American wintergreen22 obs
- American Toad16 obs
- Bald Eagle15 obs
- false indigo bush12 obs
- Diamondback Terrapin11 obs
- common mugwort11 obs
- Wood Frog11 obs
- striped wintergreen11 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 87001231OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1209629513
Day trips start here
- Essex · 3 mi
- Old Saybrook · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 13 mi
- Montville · 14 mi
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