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Great Island Nature Area

Great Island Nature Area from directly overhead

Great Island Nature Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Island Boat Launch, a park 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 9.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28843, -72.33147

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Great Island Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Saybrook Monument Park: 1.1 mi
  • Fort Saybrook Monument Park: 1.1 mi
  • Old Lyme Green: 1.7 mi
  • Ferry Landing State Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Johnnycake Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Ferry Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Obed Heights: 3.0 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 5.0 mi
  • Suellen Kozy McCuin: 5.4 mi
  • Westbrook Honor Roll: 6.1 mi
  • Westbrook: 6.1 mi
Museums
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 8.0 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.3 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.3 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 10.5 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Silver Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Cascade: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 23
  • Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 11.4 mi
  • West Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 11.4 mi
  • East Garden: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArcherN 350°136 m8.1 mi
Grassy HillNNE 19°129 m8.2 mi
Nickerson HillN 2°123 m7.6 mi
Honey HillNNW 347°114 m7.5 mi
Brown HillN 5°112 m6.8 mi
Bushy HillWNW 301°105 m8.4 mi
Pond HillNE 40°103 m7.1 mi
Millstone HillNNW 332°101 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:4016:24

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
  • Osprey34 obs
  • common reed14 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant14 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull13 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird13 obs
  • Great Egret13 obs
  • American Herring Gull13 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser12 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/359279628

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