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Cross Lane Recreation Area

Cross Lane Recreation Area from directly overhead

Cross Lane Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Miami Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.29218, -72.28325

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Johnnycake Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Amon Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Ararat: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 31
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.7 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.0 mi
  • Stone Table: 10.1 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.2 mi
  • The Whale: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Silver Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.6 mi
  • Cascade: 12.6 mi
  • Cascade: 13.1 mi
  • Cascade: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 21
  • Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 8.8 mi
  • West Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 8.9 mi
  • East Garden: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cross Lane Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArcherNNW 333°136 m8.6 mi
Grassy HillN 1°129 m7.5 mi
Nickerson HillNNW 343°123 m7.7 mi
Morgan HillNNE 29°120 m9.4 mi
Polly HillNNE 30°117 m9.0 mi
Honey HillNNW 329°114 m8.2 mi
Brown HillNNW 344°112 m6.8 mi
Pond HillNNE 22°103 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1719:4520:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Atlantic Slippersnail13 obs
  • Monarch10 obs
  • rugosa rose10 obs
  • Diamondback Terrapin9 obs
  • seaside pea8 obs
  • Osprey8 obs
  • Knobbed Whelk8 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359279335

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