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Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve

Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve from directly overhead

Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Meigs Point Nature Center, a museum 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.25704, -72.54120

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Cedar Knoll: 0.8 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Cow Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 46
Waterfalls: 32
  • Nineveh Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 7.5 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 7.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 9.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.3 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillN 354°201 m12.9 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNW 319°167 m12.7 mi
East SugarloafNW 310°156 m12.8 mi
Bunker HillNNW 339°153 m12.8 mi
Turkey HillN 7°140 m12.4 mi
Turkey HillN 11°138 m11.2 mi
Wig HillNNE 16°128 m10.6 mi
Tower HillN 10°126 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4620:27
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:25

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, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull332 obs
  • rugosa rose228 obs
  • Osprey186 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull179 obs
  • Great Egret170 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird159 obs
  • Song Sparrow145 obs
  • Tree Swallow145 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/359284872

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