Nature reserve · Connecticut
Colonel Ledyard Highway Open Space
Colonel Ledyard Highway Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the east-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.47072, -72.03446
- 9.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 9.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Rose Hill: 0.7 mi
- Avery Hill: 0.8 mi
- Chapman Hill: 0.9 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Aljen Heights: 1.0 mi
- Poquetanuck Cove Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
- Pfizer Field: 1.5 mi
- Stoddard Hill Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
- Judge Crandall Field: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Poquetanuck Sedge Beds: 1.3 mi
- Stoddards Wharf Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Thames River Water Access: 1.5 mi
- Mello Drive Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Parsonage Hill Manor Open Space: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.4 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 4.2 mi
- Cellar Hole: 4.8 mi
- Miantonomo: 5.5 mi
Museums
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 3.4 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 3.4 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 3.4 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 3.7 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 47
- Austrailia Beach: 8.4 mi
- Groton Beach: 9.4 mi
- Williams Beach: 9.5 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 9.8 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 28
- Yantic Falls: 5.2 mi
- Cascade: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 10.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 25
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.4 mi
- The Whale: 8.6 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 8.8 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 23
- River Blue: 3.2 mi
- Promised Day: 4.3 mi
- Nevertheless: 4.3 mi
- Muffler Man: 4.6 mi
- Sparky: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 20
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Candlewood Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 22.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 4.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 9.2 mi
- Powder House: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 4.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Johnsonville Village: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Colonel Ledyard Highway Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | ENE 70° | 163 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | W 268° | 162 m | 7.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | ENE 75° | 155 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | NW 311° | 153 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sharp Hill | WSW 258° | 149 m | 6.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | ENE 78° | 144 m | 4.1 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | E 97° | 139 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | E 90° | 139 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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