Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands
Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the southeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Westbrook Fishing Club, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Westbrook Fishing Club: 1.0 mi
- Lake of Isles Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- Preston Plains Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Preston Plains Water Co.: 1.9 mi
- Preston City Social Club Land: 2.0 mi
- Prentice Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ayer Hill: 1.7 mi
- Barns Hill: 2.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.5 mi
- Swantown Hill: 2.8 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 1.4 mi
- Preston Highway Park: 1.6 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 1.7 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 1.8 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 4.2 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.9 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 6.7 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 6.9 mi
- John Bishop House: 7.4 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Cellar Hole: 3.5 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 5.3 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Miantonomo: 5.8 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 6.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 10.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 11.2 mi
- Groton Beach: 12.6 mi
- DuBois Beach: 12.7 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 12.7 mi
- Stone Turtle: 5.8 mi
- Promised Day: 6.4 mi
- Nevertheless: 6.4 mi
- River Blue: 7.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 7.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.7 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.7 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 7.9 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 10.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 11.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cascade: 11.0 mi
- Cascade: 11.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 12.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 12.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.8 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.8 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.6 mi
- Powder House: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.9 mi
- Big Beach: 22.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 23.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.9 mi
- Old Spring: 6.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | SE 132° | 163 m | 1.1 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ESE 101° | 158 m | 4.9 mi |
| Stone Hill | NNE 24° | 157 m | 8.2 mi |
| Barns Hill | ESE 116° | 155 m | 2.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | E 93° | 153 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NE 41° | 152 m | 3.1 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 119° | 149 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | S 187° | 144 m | 1.7 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 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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