Nature reserve · Connecticut
Huntington Way Open Space
Huntington Way Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.40473, -71.97818
- 7.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 19.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Red Brook Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Shady Oak Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Haley Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Corey Subdivision Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Quakertown Meadows Open Space: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Gallup Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.2 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cider Hill: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Old Mystic Playground: 1.4 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 1.5 mi
- Model Park: 1.8 mi
- River Road Park: 2.0 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
Museums
- Old Mystic History Center: 1.4 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.0 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 3.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.2 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.0 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 50
- Austrailia Beach: 3.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 5.5 mi
- Groton Beach: 5.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 26
- Giant Gnome: 2.4 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.4 mi
- Stone Turtle: 2.5 mi
- Penguin: 2.6 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 24
- Ledyard Oak Site: 4.0 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.1 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.3 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 5.1 mi
- The Whale: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 18
- Bertholf Plaza: 6.7 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 6.7 mi
- Sprout Garden: 6.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.0 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 8.1 mi
- Powder House: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.7 mi
- Crow Head: 22.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 1.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Huntington Way Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 18° | 163 m | 6.7 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 27° | 155 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 44° | 149 m | 7.1 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 11° | 144 m | 5.5 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 35° | 139 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NE 41° | 139 m | 6.0 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 30° | 132 m | 5.6 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 342° | 120 m | 3.8 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43399448
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- New London · 7 mi
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