Boggy Hole Preserve
Boggy Hole Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Champlain North Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Old Lyme Land Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Champlain North Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Ames Family Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Hoffman-Matthiessen-DeGerenday Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Jericho Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Champlain South Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Florence Griswold Museum: 0.7 mi
- Lyme Art Association: 0.7 mi
- Old Lyme Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Nut Museum: 1.5 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 3.9 mi
- Johnnycake Hill: 1.4 mi
- Quarry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 1.5 mi
- Myer Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hart Hill: 2.3 mi
- Old Lyme Green: 1.4 mi
- Lieutenant River Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Hains Park: 1.7 mi
- Ferry Landing State Park: 2.0 mi
- Ferry Dock: 2.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 3.8 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 4.4 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 5.6 mi
- The Eagle: 5.9 mi
- White Sand Beach: 3.4 mi
- Poverty Island Beach: 3.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 3.6 mi
- Soundview Beach: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Neck State Beach: 4.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 6.7 mi
- tri-town marker: 7.4 mi
- turtle rock: 7.8 mi
- Stone Table: 7.8 mi
- Historic Ferry: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
- West Garden: 10.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 10.6 mi
- Cutting Garden: 10.6 mi
- East Garden: 10.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 3.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 8.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 11.1 mi
- Sparky: 12.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 14.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 4.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.6 mi
- Ram Head: 17.6 mi
- Crow Head: 18.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 20.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 4.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 23.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 23.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 23.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
- Powder House: 10.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 10.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.6 mi
- Old Spring: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Boggy Hole Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Archer | NNW 336° | 136 m | 5.6 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 26° | 131 m | 8.3 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNE 20° | 129 m | 5.3 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | N 353° | 123 m | 4.8 mi |
| Polly Hill | NE 50° | 117 m | 8.0 mi |
| Honey Hill | NNW 331° | 114 m | 5.2 mi |
| Brown Hill | N 356° | 112 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bushy Hill | W 280° | 105 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1126518400
Day trips start here
- Old Lyme · 1 mi
- Essex · 4 mi
- Old Saybrook · 4 mi
- East Lyme · 5 mi
- Waterford · 9 mi
- New London · 11 mi
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