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Gardner Lake State Park

Gardner Lake State Park from directly overhead

Gardner Lake State Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the south-southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnie Island State Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
State of Connecticut

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50067, -72.22526

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • Savin Lake Park: 5.1 mi
  • Montville American Little League Complex: 5.3 mi
  • Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Lake Hayward Boat Launch: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 45
  • Silver Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 44
Attractions: 39
  • turtle rock: 5.2 mi
  • tri-town marker: 6.1 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 6.1 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 31
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 5.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Windham Spring: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Gardner Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillSSE 152°182 m2.5 mi
Tater HillWSW 248°179 m7.6 mi
Buckley HillWNW 298°176 m7.3 mi
Long HillW 279°175 m5.8 mi
Maynard HillSSW 198°174 m2.7 mi
Goshen HillN 353°174 m7.4 mi
Forsyth HillS 176°171 m1.5 mi
Cockle HillWNW 285°171 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird9 obs
  • Common Rough Woodlouse9 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • hemp dogbane6 obs
  • Common Watersnake5 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly5 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole4 obs
  • Bobcat4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/80262568

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