Shepherd Farm Ridge Park
Shepherd Farm Ridge Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarah McKiernan Memorial, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Woodbridge Land Trust
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sarah McKiernan Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Shepherd Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Sperry Park: 1.0 mi
- Newton Road Park: 1.3 mi
- McLaughlin Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Carrington Hill: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 1.6 mi
- Peck Hill: 2.6 mi
- Peck Hill: 2.7 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 1.9 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 4.1 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 4.1 mi
- Hilltop Playground: 2.4 mi
- South Genesee Park: 2.4 mi
- West River Open Space: 2.7 mi
- John L. Carusone Field: 2.8 mi
- Moore Field: 2.8 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 8.2 mi
- Prospect Beach: 8.5 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 9.3 mi
- Rocky Beach: 9.3 mi
- Swift St. Beach: 9.6 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 2.9 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 3.6 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 3.8 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Sperry Falls: 0.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 1.8 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 2.1 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 3.9 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 3.7 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 7.4 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Millstone: 11.2 mi
- Millstone: 11.3 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 3.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 3.8 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 4.1 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 4.8 mi
- An American Dream: 5.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 16.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 16.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.5 mi
- Pond View: 13.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 16.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Shepherd Farm Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNE 16° | 263 m | 6.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | N 1° | 260 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | N 350° | 259 m | 8.2 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | N 5° | 253 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NW 323° | 246 m | 8.5 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | N 3° | 246 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | NNW 345° | 238 m | 8.2 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NNW 328° | 237 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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