Nature reserve · Connecticut
Jessica Lane Open Space
Jessica Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lantern Hill Pond Boat Launch, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.46043, -71.95548
- 5.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 15.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Lantern Hill Pond Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
- Homestead Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Long Pond Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
- Wintechog Hill Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Long Pond Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
Museums
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 0.5 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 4.9 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 5.7 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 6.7 mi
- Denison Homestead: 6.7 mi
Peaks
- Lantern Hill: 0.6 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.2 mi
- Ayer Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 1.6 mi
- Swantown Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 0.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 6.8 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 6.8 mi
Parks
- Sawmill Park: 1.9 mi
- Model Park: 2.4 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 2.8 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 4.0 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 41
- Austrailia Beach: 6.9 mi
- Williams Beach: 7.9 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 9.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 9.5 mi
- Groton Beach: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 26
- Stone Turtle: 2.6 mi
- Penguin: 6.0 mi
- Giant Gnome: 6.0 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.0 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 23
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.5 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 7.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 8.4 mi
- The Whale: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Cascade: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 8.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.0 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 19
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.6 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Skate Hut: 11.2 mi
- Powder House: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.4 mi
- Big Beach: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 11.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 3.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Jessica Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 20° | 163 m | 2.7 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ENE 65° | 158 m | 5.4 mi |
| Barns Hill | NE 40° | 155 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | ENE 63° | 153 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 21° | 152 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 73° | 149 m | 4.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 355° | 144 m | 1.6 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | E 89° | 139 m | 1.6 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1056778234
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Preston · 4 mi
- Mystic · 7 mi
- Stonington · 7 mi
- Griswold · 8 mi
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