Hewes Farm Open Space
Hewes Farm Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawmill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.3 miles off.
Private, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.3 mi off the Shannock Road
- 16.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Park: 0.2 mi
- Model Park: 1.2 mi
- Pfizer Field: 3.1 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 3.5 mi
- Aljen Heights: 3.8 mi
- Grey Farm Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Gray Farm Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Burton Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Burton Property: 0.9 mi
- Eska Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 0.7 mi
- Cellar Hole: 2.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 5.9 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 6.0 mi
- Church Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.8 mi
- Chapman Hill: 2.2 mi
- Rose Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.0 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 3.6 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 4.2 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 5.9 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 5.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 7.1 mi
- Groton Beach: 8.0 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 8.4 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 8.6 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.1 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.3 mi
- Penguin: 5.4 mi
- Mystic Blue: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 7.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 15.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.5 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 7.2 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 8.0 mi
- The Whale: 8.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 12.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 12.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.2 mi
- Powder House: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 24.7 mi
- Old Spring: 1.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 20.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Hewes Farm Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NE 38° | 163 m | 4.5 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ENE 64° | 158 m | 7.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | NE 49° | 155 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 31° | 152 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 69° | 149 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NE 34° | 144 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | ENE 74° | 139 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | ENE 70° | 139 m | 4.9 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 | 15:37 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440445
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 1 mi
- Preston · 4 mi
- Mystic · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
- Stonington · 7 mi
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