Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary
Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Southington Land Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Griswold Park: 3.2 mi
- Percival Field: 3.2 mi
- Paper Goods Pond Park: 3.3 mi
- Trumbull Park: 3.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Churchill Hill: 1.9 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 3.1 mi
- YMCA Camp Sloper: 1.6 mi
- Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Ragged Mountain Parcel: 2.0 mi
- Pine Tree Rifle Club: 2.2 mi
- Pexto Field: 2.4 mi
- Bradley Barnes Museum: 2.1 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 3.5 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 4.3 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 4.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.3 mi
- Cascades: 5.2 mi
- Westfield Falls: 6.7 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 7.9 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 8.0 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 2.9 mi
- World War I Monument: 4.5 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 4.8 mi
- plinth: 5.2 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 5.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.6 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Libby's Lump: 5.0 mi
- Hospital Rock: 5.5 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.0 mi
- 1954: 6.6 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 10.0 mi
- Home: 4.7 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.7 mi
- First Tear: 9.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 10.5 mi
- Maori Head: 11.0 mi
- Green Wall: 6.1 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.2 mi
- South Wall: 10.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.8 mi
- Superstructure: 10.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 6.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.5 mi
- Boating Side: 10.5 mi
- Waterfront: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | WNW 294° | 313 m | 6.2 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | W 276° | 312 m | 6.6 mi |
| Clinton Hill | W 273° | 303 m | 8.8 mi |
| West Peak | S 185° | 301 m | 3.5 mi |
| Becar Hill | W 274° | 297 m | 7.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | WNW 285° | 290 m | 5.4 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 286° | 284 m | 8.2 mi |
| Southington Mountain | W 261° | 281 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1492436532
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 26 mi
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
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