Nature reserve · Connecticut
Long Pond Road Open Space
Long Pond Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cider Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.44068, -71.94878
- 5.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 16.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cider Hill: 0.4 mi
- Lantern Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.0 mi
- Gallup Hill: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Homestead Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Long Pond Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Hoffman Evergreen Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Town Farm Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 1.2 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 5.4 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 5.5 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 5.5 mi
Parks
- Model Park: 1.8 mi
- Sawmill Park: 2.0 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 3.4 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 3.4 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
Museums
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 1.9 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 3.5 mi
- Denison Homestead: 5.4 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.4 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 42
- Austrailia Beach: 5.6 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.6 mi
- DuBois Beach: 8.1 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 8.2 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 26
- Stone Turtle: 1.2 mi
- Penguin: 4.6 mi
- Giant Gnome: 4.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 20
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.5 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 6.2 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 7.0 mi
- The Whale: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 19
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Cascade: 7.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 9.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.1 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Skate Hut: 10.6 mi
- Powder House: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 15.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.6 mi
- Big Beach: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 10.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 10.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 2.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Long Pond Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 8° | 163 m | 3.9 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NE 51° | 158 m | 5.8 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 24° | 155 m | 4.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NE 51° | 153 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 14° | 152 m | 7.2 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 53° | 149 m | 4.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 351° | 144 m | 3.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 42° | 139 m | 1.8 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 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1056778236
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Preston · 5 mi
- Mystic · 6 mi
- Stonington · 6 mi
- Ashaway · 8 mi
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