50 Acre woods
50 Acre woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Coye Hill stands 331 m to the west-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodstock Town Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Woodstock
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 20.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pond Factory Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Gosnell Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Solair Recreation League: 1.7 mi
- Claire Birtz Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Bishop Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Griggs Hill: 1.1 mi
- Forrest Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lebanon Hill: 2.0 mi
- Draper Hills: 2.1 mi
- Peregrine White Hill: 2.2 mi
- Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 3.6 mi
- Stevens Park: 3.8 mi
- Dresser Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- World War Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Southbridge Town Common: 4.5 mi
- Servant Square: 4.2 mi
- The Gold Star Mother: 4.5 mi
- Southbridge Honor Roll: 4.5 mi
- Southbridge Civil War Statue: 4.5 mi
- Spectacular AO: 4.6 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.3 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 8.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.8 mi
- Path Continues: 11.5 mi
- Path Continues: 11.6 mi
- Motion: 6.4 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 16.8 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 18.0 mi
- U’s and C’s: 18.0 mi
- Copper Tower: 18.0 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 10.5 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 13.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 14.8 mi
- Small House Garden: 7.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 18.0 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 18.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 0.9 mi
- Streeter Beach: 8.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.9 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 15.6 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 17.0 mi
- Cargill Falls: 8.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 16.4 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 16.7 mi
- Cascade: 16.9 mi
- Cascades: 18.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 17.2 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 17.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.0 mi
- Picnic: 2.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 8.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of 50 Acre woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coye Hill | WSW 251° | 331 m | 5.3 mi |
| Blake Hill | NW 308° | 328 m | 7.0 mi |
| Walker Mountain | WSW 244° | 325 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hatchet Hill | WNW 292° | 313 m | 3.0 mi |
| Corbin Hill | WSW 252° | 289 m | 3.6 mi |
| Leadmine Mountain | NW 317° | 287 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coatney Hill | S 175° | 283 m | 3.7 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | S 184° | 281 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/964149193
Day trips start here
- Woodstock · 3 mi
- Southbridge · 5 mi
- Dudley · 6 mi
- Union · 7 mi
- Holland · 8 mi
- South County · 8 mi
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