Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area
Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area is a 750-acre brackish tidal marsh, nature preserve and hunting area owned by the state of Connecticut located in Devon, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.Places of Interest
Highlights include Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport and Nells Island.
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles southeast of downtown, in the town of Stratford.
Nells Island
Island
Nells Island is the larger of two islands in the Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It is directly across the river from the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut.
Stratford station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stratford station is a commuter rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Stratford, Connecticut. It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stratford and Milford.
Stratford
Photo: Igor154, Public domain.
Stratford is a town in Connecticut. Stratford, Connecticut was founded in 1639. It is in New England and located on the Long Island Sound. It is east of the Housatonic River and it also part of Fairfield County.
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.
Lordship
Village
Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lordship is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lordship had a population of 2,954.
Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Connecticut, United States
- Categories: wildlife refuge and recreation area
- Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.1848° or 41° 11′ 5″ northLongitude
-73.1082° or 73° 6′ 29″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87H85VMR+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 359284009OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q97356805
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Satellite Map
Discover Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cedar Beach and Rivercliff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nancy’s Meadow at Robillard and Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point.
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