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Mudge Pond Town Beach

Mudge Pond Town Beach from directly overhead

Mudge Pond Town Beach is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 163 m. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Von Ahn Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
163 m
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Coordinates41.91003, -73.47289
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Veterans Field: 2.1 mi
  • Bauer Park: 4.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Cannon Park And Ballfield: 4.2 mi
  • Trotta Field: 5.4 mi
Museums: 33
Waterfalls: 30
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 19
  • Town Hill Farm: 2.7 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 6.0 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 11.6 mi
  • wings castle: 11.7 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
Gardens: 14
  • Judea Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 20.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Artworks: 8
  • Diving Lady: 19.5 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 19.5 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 21.1 mi
  • Naked Lady: 21.3 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Mudge Pond Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald PeakN 3°588 m7.1 mi
Mount RigaN 2°534 m5.8 mi
Lion's HeadN 11°531 m6.9 mi
Thorpe MountainN 352°518 m5.6 mi
Bird PeakN 354°477 m4.8 mi
Ellsworth HillS 172°473 m7.5 mi
Cream HillE 95°452 m7.8 mi
Sharon MountainSE 137°445 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • rock harlequin7 obs
  • Eastern Newt6 obs
  • Painted Turtle5 obs
  • Great Blue Heron4 obs
  • Song Sparrow4 obs
  • red columbine4 obs
  • jetbead4 obs
  • Porcelain Berry4 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/43437380

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