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, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Photo: Fadein, CC0.

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″ north

Longitude

-73.1082° or 73° 6′ 29″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87H85VMR+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359284009

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata 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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