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Wells Road

Wells Road from directly overhead

Wells Road is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jockey Hollow Road, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.

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Coordinates41.33818, -73.23741

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 9.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.0 mi
  • Millstone: 9.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.5 mi
  • Heron: 7.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 1.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Wells Road. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 288°303 m5.5 mi
Sunset HillW 270°253 m6.4 mi
Taunton HillNW 305°251 m7.1 mi
Eden HillW 265°240 m4.0 mi
Moose HillNE 54°231 m7.5 mi
Mount PleasantNW 319°230 m6.8 mi
Fivemile HillNE 39°223 m7.9 mi
Great HillNW 308°217 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436106

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