Crystal Lake State Access Area
Crystal Lake State Access Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Lake Boat Launch (Middletown), a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 57 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crystal Lake Boat Launch (Middletown): 0.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 0.7 mi
- Barbara "Bobbi" Edinger Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
- Zoar Park: 0.9 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 1.9 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 2.2 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 2.5 mi
- Owned by City of Middletown: 1.4 mi
- Owned by Rockfall Foundation: 1.7 mi
- Ravine Park: 1.8 mi
- Spiderweed Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Brownstone Park: 2.6 mi
- Long Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tryon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Round Hill: 1.7 mi
- West Long Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 2.1 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.6 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 2.8 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.9 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 2.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 3.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 3.2 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 3.4 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 4.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.9 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 8.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 8.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 1.8 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.0 mi
- Bible Rock: 3.0 mi
- George Washington rock: 3.3 mi
- grindstone: 4.0 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 2.2 mi
- First Tear: 2.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 8.0 mi
- snake: 8.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 5.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 16.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 17.8 mi
- East Rive Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 8.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.6 mi
- Crow Point: 12.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.3 mi
- Green Wall: 15.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 17.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Crystal Lake State Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | WNW 289° | 272 m | 5.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 50° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Trimountain | SW 228° | 232 m | 6.8 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 49° | 222 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | W 262° | 219 m | 5.6 mi |
| Camels Hump | WNW 282° | 207 m | 5.4 mi |
| Goose Hill | SSE 146° | 201 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | E 95° | 199 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage10 obs
- Western Honey Bee8 obs
- Red-headed Bush Cricket8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- mountain laurel7 obs
- eastern white pine7 obs
- garlic mustard7 obs
- azure bluet7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359272816
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- Essex · 17 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
- Old Lyme · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 24 mi
- Montville · 25 mi
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