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Chaffinch Island State Park

Chaffinch Island State Park from directly overhead

Chaffinch Island State Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chaffinch Island, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26482, -72.67843

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Beaches
Historic sites
Peaks
Waterfalls: 46
Gardens: 42
Attractions: 31
  • Dinosaur Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Bear Cave: 7.9 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 9.0 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.7 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Chaffinch Island State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainNNW 348°232 m13.8 mi
Fowler MountainNNW 345°230 m12.7 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNW 345°210 m11.9 mi
Goose HillNNE 25°201 m13.6 mi
Mount PisgahN 1°196 m12.6 mi
Totoket MountainNNW 334°176 m10.2 mi
Quonnipaug MountainN 353°167 m9.1 mi
East SugarloafNNW 340°156 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 11 mi away.

  • Osprey37 obs
  • American Herring Gull26 obs
  • Eastern Oyster25 obs
  • Great Egret24 obs
  • American Oystercatcher23 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
  • common mugwort18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359283957

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