Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area
Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area is a park in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area is situated nearby to the village Pine Rock Park, as well as near Oronoque.Places of Interest
Highlights include Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge and Wooster Island.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Wooster Island
Islet
Wooster Island is an island in the Housatonic River in Orange, Connecticut. The island is uninhabited, but is used for duck hunting. Fishing is legal and considered safe, though shellfishing is not allowed or recommended due to contamination and oxygen depletion. Wooster Island is situated 1½ miles north of Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area.
Fowler Island
Islet
Fowler Island is the sole island owned by Milford, Connecticut, north of I-95 in the Housatonic River. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, and south of the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge. Fowler Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Putney and Milford.
Putney
Hamlet
Putney is a section in the north end of Stratford, Connecticut. The area includes Boothe Memorial Park and Museum and Putney Chapel and abuts the neighborhood of Oronoque. Putney is situated 2 miles southwest of Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area.
Milford
Milford is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is bordered to the south by Long Island sound, to the west by the Housatonic river, to the North by the town of Orange, and to the east by the town of West Haven.
Orange Center Historic District
Neighborhood
The Orange Center Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Orange, Connecticut. Centered on the town green at the Junction of Meetinghouse Lane and Orange Center Road CT 152, it has retained its character as a 19th-century agrarian town center despite significant 20th-century suburbanization around it. Orange Center Historic District is situated 3½ miles northeast of Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area.
Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area
Latitude
41.2576° or 41° 15′ 27″ north
Longitude
-73.08427° or 73° 5′ 3″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87H87W58+27
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