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Simsbury State Wildlife Area

Simsbury State Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Simsbury State Wildlife Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Washington Hill stands 359 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinchot Sycamore Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
45 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.85176, -72.80649
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 1.7 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 4.2 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.3 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 4.7 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 5.1 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 58
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 0.4 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 3.9 mi
  • Cow: 5.2 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Primary Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 55
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 4.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 12.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Simsbury State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Washington HillNW 322°359 m9.0 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 292°358 m6.8 mi
Breezy HillWNW 283°327 m7.0 mi
Pine ConeNNW 334°323 m7.5 mi
Yellow MountainW 265°310 m10.1 mi
West LedgeNW 312°305 m4.7 mi
Jones MountainW 279°294 m8.8 mi
Schoolhouse HillWSW 244°288 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mapleleaf viburnum31 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches29 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica24 obs
  • striped maple22 obs
  • american witch-hazel20 obs
  • American Toad20 obs
  • bloodroot19 obs
  • garlic mustard19 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/359290391

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