Wadsworth Falls State Park
Wadsworth Falls State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 50 m. East Peak stands 277 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadsworth Little Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 50 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 0.2 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 0.5 mi
- Westfield Falls: 3.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 5.7 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 0.6 mi
- West Long Hill: 0.9 mi
- Long Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Coe Hill: 1.5 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 0.8 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.2 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.9 mi
- Frank S. Marszalek Park: 0.9 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 1.7 mi
- Butternut Hollow Park: 1.8 mi
- Zoar Park: 1.9 mi
- Peckham Field: 1.9 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 1.5 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 1.7 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse: 2.2 mi
- TSgt. John Chapman: 2.2 mi
- Lucy Strickland Estate: 1.7 mi
- Highlawn Forest: 1.8 mi
- Ravine Park: 2.2 mi
- Field Park: 2.2 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 3.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.5 mi
- 1954: 3.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.2 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.4 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 5.9 mi
- First Tear: 2.3 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 2.8 mi
- snake: 8.6 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 2.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.9 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 18.1 mi
- Circle Beach: 18.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 8.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.6 mi
- Crow Point: 12.8 mi
- Green Wall: 13.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 14.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 3.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Wadsworth Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peak | WNW 284° | 277 m | 7.8 mi |
| Higby Mountain | WNW 298° | 272 m | 3.1 mi |
| Trimountain | SSW 207° | 232 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SSW 204° | 230 m | 6.6 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 63° | 222 m | 7.7 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 285° | 220 m | 7.2 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 249° | 219 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | SSW 200° | 210 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Christmas fern18 obs
- winged euonymus15 obs
- mountain laurel14 obs
- Green Frog13 obs
- Ghost Pipe12 obs
- red trillium12 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum12 obs
- American Toad12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/75820589
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 25 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
- East Windsor · 28 mi
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