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Morris Triangle

Morris Triangle from directly overhead

Morris Triangle is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lighthouse Point Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25121, -72.90177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Old Town Landing: 0.4 mi
  • Morris Creek Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Maturo Drive Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
  • Bradford Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Fort Hale Point: 1.3 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 46
Waterfalls: 33
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 3.9 mi
  • An American Dream: 3.9 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 5.3 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 5.5 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 10.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.6 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.8 mi
  • Pond View: 17.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Morris Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 349°216 m11.3 mi
Mount CarmelN 3°206 m12.4 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 338°193 m13.0 mi
Round HillNNW 331°190 m10.7 mi
Peck HillNW 323°183 m11.1 mi
Totoket MountainNE 35°176 m12.3 mi
Peck HillNW 321°171 m10.9 mi
East SugarloafNE 46°156 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cooper's Hawk199 obs
  • American Herring Gull193 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull134 obs
  • Northern Harrier99 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab90 obs
  • Brant88 obs
  • Osprey87 obs
  • Bald Eagle81 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/359282008

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