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Emerson Leonard Wildlife Area

Emerson Leonard Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Emerson Leonard Wildlife Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is PNA Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47176, -72.82343

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls
Gardens
Attractions: 55
  • Washington Trail monument: 4.6 mi
  • 1954: 7.0 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 7.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.6 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 54
Cliffs: 19
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 2.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.5 mi
  • Pond View: 23.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Emerson Leonard Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakN 350°301 m6.3 mi
East PeakN 354°277 m5.9 mi
Higby MountainNE 38°272 m7.0 mi
Mount SanfordW 264°263 m6.5 mi
Turkey HillWNW 291°263 m9.7 mi
Prospect HillWNW 285°260 m8.4 mi
Hopkins HillW 276°259 m9.7 mi
Prospect MountainW 271°253 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel70 obs
  • White-tailed Deer45 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • garlic mustard14 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker13 obs
  • Groundhog12 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/359284607

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