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Wakeman Lane Open Space

Wakeman Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Wakeman Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sasco River-Kirik Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Fairfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.14562, -73.30174

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Sasco River-Kirik Open Space: 0.1 mi
  • Peter's Gate Reserve: 0.3 mi
  • Hulls Highway-Arbor Drive Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Sasco Creek Marsh Open Space: 0.7 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Beaches
Museums
Artworks: 54
  • Heron: 9.1 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.0 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 2.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.1 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 9.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.2 mi
  • Pond View: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Wakeman Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillNNE 19°179 m8.4 mi
Round HillN 8°170 m7.4 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 297°164 m9.3 mi
Powells HillNNW 346°159 m6.5 mi
Sport HillNNE 15°154 m6.8 mi
Flirt HillN 350°148 m7.6 mi
Staples HillN 2°144 m6.3 mi
Honey HillNW 316°143 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398764

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