Haley Woods Open Space
Haley Woods Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 75 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Watrous Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.3 miles off.
Existing Preserved Open Space; Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 75 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Watrous Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Corey Subdivision Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Patricks Court Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Mereduth Hill Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Candlewood Ridge: 0.6 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 1.3 mi
- Farquahar Park: 1.6 mi
- River Road Park: 2.1 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.2 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.4 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.8 mi
- Gungywamp Hill: 2.8 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 2.1 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 2.9 mi
- Children's Museum: 2.9 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 3.2 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 2.9 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 2.9 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.9 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.9 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.0 mi
- Groton Beach: 4.4 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 4.8 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 5.3 mi
- The Whale: 5.6 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.9 mi
- Penguin: 2.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.1 mi
- Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 11.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 18.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 5.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 5.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.8 mi
- Laurel Walk: 5.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 6.7 mi
- Powder House: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Crow Head: 21.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 23.9 mi
- Old Spring: 1.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Haley Woods Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 24° | 163 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNE 20° | 144 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 40° | 139 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NE 44° | 139 m | 7.3 mi |
| Crandall Hill | WNW 302° | 137 m | 7.8 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NE 36° | 132 m | 6.8 mi |
| Church Hill | N 359° | 120 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lantern Hill | NNE 33° | 118 m | 5.4 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 | 07:11 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture29 obs
- sassafras21 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush20 obs
- Canada mayflower20 obs
- mountain laurel19 obs
- Ghost Pipe18 obs
- American wintergreen17 obs
- Black Vulture16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440186
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- New London · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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