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Lake Mohegan Recreation Area

Lake Mohegan Recreation Area from directly overhead

Lake Mohegan Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Mohegan Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.

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Coordinates41.20755, -73.25503

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Tree Stump Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Goosetown Park: 2.7 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Pro Patria: 2.9 mi
  • Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Congress Street (Morehouse Highway): 0.5 mi
  • Morehouse Highway: 0.6 mi
  • Grace Richardson Conservation Area Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Congress Place: 1.1 mi
  • Samp Mortar Rock: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Owen Fish Park: 1.0 mi
  • Highwood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Melville Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Ninety Acres Park: 1.4 mi
  • Denise A. D. Dougiello Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 7.8 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 29
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Heron: 4.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 7.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.5 mi
  • Pond View: 7.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Lake Mohegan Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eden HillNNW 340°240 m9.2 mi
Redding RidgeNW 326°214 m9.1 mi
Goodsell HillWNW 296°211 m9.2 mi
Huckleberry HillWNW 301°204 m9.0 mi
Meekers HillNNW 327°203 m8.4 mi
Moose HillNNE 16°198 m9.0 mi
Israel HillNNE 25°192 m9.2 mi
Bugg HillNNE 13°189 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee235 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly194 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle143 obs
  • Western Honey Bee106 obs
  • Huron Skipper106 obs
  • Eastern Yellowjacket53 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug49 obs
  • German Yellowjacket43 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 way/38333473

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