- Elevation, modelled
- 82 m
- Tallest summit within 9.1 miles
- Moose Hill231 m · 5.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway5.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3184, -73.1128
Shelton Lakes Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 82 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.1 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Shelton Lakes Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 357° | 231 m | 5.8 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 349° | 223 m | 7.6 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NW 316° | 206 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 340° | 205 m | 9.0 mi |
| Great Hill | N 356° | 202 m | 3.1 mi |
| Barn Hill | WNW 295° | 200 m | 4.1 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NNE 20° | 199 m | 8.0 mi |
| Moose Hill | WNW 281° | 198 m | 4.9 mi |
- 5.1 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear): 0.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear): 0.6 mi
- Wiacek Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Shelton Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Maple Avenue): 1.3 mi
Parks
- Riverview Park: 0.6 mi
- Coon Hollow Park: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Derby Greenway: 1.5 mi
- O'Sullivan's Island Recreation Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 1.0 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Americana Museum: 5.7 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
- The Vine Sign: 1.8 mi
- Witek Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.5 mi
- The Castle: 5.7 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Windy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Coram Hill: 2.1 mi
- Lower White Hills: 2.3 mi
- Long Hill: 2.6 mi
- Derby Hill: 2.7 mi
Beaches
- Zoar Beach: 5.5 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 7.5 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 8.2 mi
- Gulf Beach: 8.3 mi
- Silver Beach: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 52
- SIS Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Eklund Garden: 1.1 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.7 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Yale Landscape Lab: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 38
- Indian Well Falls: 1.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 24
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.7 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 7.1 mi
- Millstone: 10.0 mi
- Millstone: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 21
- Mother Mary: 4.8 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.7 mi
- Heron: 6.4 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Forbes Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 16.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 17.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Pond View: 6.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Tongue Point Light: 11.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 11.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 10.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 11.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 2 mi away.
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