Dorothy C. Goodwin Reserve
Dorothy C. Goodwin Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Deerfield Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
Joshuas Tract Cons. & Historic Trust (Goodwin Preserve)
What to expect
- Operated by
- Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Deerfield Lane Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Mansfield City Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Crane Hill Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Penner Property: 1.0 mi
- Crane Hill Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wolf Rock: 1.4 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.2 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 3.8 mi
- Hosmer Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.3 mi
- Sunny Acres Park: 2.4 mi
- Southeast Park: 2.5 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 2.9 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 2.9 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 3.0 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 3.3 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.2 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 2.6 mi
- Old root cellar: 3.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.6 mi
- dog memorial: 5.2 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 2.9 mi
- U’s and C’s: 2.9 mi
- Copper Tower: 3.0 mi
- The Fallen: 3.1 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 3.1 mi
- Cascades: 4.1 mi
- Cascades: 4.2 mi
- Codfish Falls: 4.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.7 mi
- Wolf Rock: 1.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 4.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 6.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 10.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 11.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 3.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 3.4 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.4 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 3.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.2 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.2 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 20.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 3.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.1 mi
- Crow Point: 20.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 14.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 3.1 mi
- Picnic: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Dorothy C. Goodwin Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | N 353° | 291 m | 9.0 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 12° | 290 m | 10.6 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 296° | 284 m | 8.6 mi |
| Parker Mountain | N 356° | 275 m | 10.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | NW 304° | 275 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | N 9° | 268 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wenberg Hill | N 6° | 245 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NE 46° | 241 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43399048
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 3 mi
- Willimantic · 3 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Union · 16 mi
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