Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary at Trail Wood
Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary at Trail Wood is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fuller Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 5.5 miles off.
Private, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Audubon Society
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Fuller Preserve: 0.6 mi
- H. E. Preston Nature Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Blue Flag Meadow: 1.4 mi
- Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Natchaug River Water Access: 2.3 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.8 mi
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 3.2 mi
- Ashford Town Green: 5.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.5 mi
- Kimball Hill: 2.0 mi
- Trowbridge Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hampton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Paine Hill: 2.6 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 4.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 5.3 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 9.1 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 9.2 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 9.4 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 9.2 mi
- U’s and C’s: 9.2 mi
- Copper Tower: 9.3 mi
- The Fallen: 9.6 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 9.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 3.8 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.3 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 7.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 8.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 8.4 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.1 mi
- Codfish Falls: 8.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 10.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 11.2 mi
- Cascades: 11.2 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 9.3 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 9.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.8 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 9.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 11.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 14.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 19.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 19.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 5.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 9.3 mi
- Picnic: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary at Trail Wood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | NNE 16° | 265 m | 6.3 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NNE 12° | 265 m | 7.2 mi |
| Daven Hill | NNE 18° | 258 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sprague Hill | N 356° | 257 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NNE 12° | 252 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | NNE 17° | 251 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | N 6° | 248 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NW 305° | 241 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440492
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 9 mi
- Willimantic · 10 mi
- Putnam · 11 mi
- Woodstock · 11 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Union · 13 mi
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