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Suffield Wildlife Management Area

Suffield Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Suffield Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Babb's Beach Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.03204, -72.74411

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 3.6 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 5.7 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 5.7 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 6.1 mi
Museums
Gardens: 59
  • Southwick Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Heroes of Westfield: 5.8 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.2 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 6.6 mi
  • Epiphany: 6.6 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 45
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.4 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.4 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 6.6 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Lost Acres Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 15.9 mi
  • Corps Wall: 16.8 mi
  • Grotto: 16.8 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 16.8 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.1 mi
  • Rd: 12.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Suffield Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillWNW 293°448 m10.2 mi
Sweetman MountainNW 305°446 m9.0 mi
Prospect HillWNW 286°425 m9.9 mi
Holden HillWNW 301°412 m9.0 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 282°403 m8.3 mi
Washington HillWSW 238°359 m10.3 mi
South MountainW 278°357 m6.6 mi
Cobble MountainNW 310°351 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1084101894

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