Nature reserve · Connecticut
Meetinghouse Lane Open Space
Meetinghouse Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Model Park, a park 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.43599, -71.97810
- 6.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.6 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Model Park: 0.4 mi
- Sawmill Park: 0.9 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 3.2 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 3.7 mi
- Pfizer Field: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Town Farm Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Burton Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Gallup Hill Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Burton Property: 0.6 mi
- Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 0.5 mi
- Cellar Hole: 2.4 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 5.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 5.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
Peaks
- Pumpkin Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.2 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.6 mi
- Church Hill: 1.9 mi
- Lantern Hill: 2.5 mi
Museums
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.2 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 3.3 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 4.0 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 5.1 mi
- Children's Museum: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 48
- Austrailia Beach: 5.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.3 mi
- Groton Beach: 7.5 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 7.7 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 25
- Stone Turtle: 2.2 mi
- Giant Gnome: 4.5 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.5 mi
- Penguin: 4.5 mi
- Mystic Blue: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 8.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 22
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 6.2 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 7.1 mi
- The Whale: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 19
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.6 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.6 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.9 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 11.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 9.2 mi
- Powder House: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 1.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.7 mi
- Crow Head: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Meetinghouse Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 26° | 163 m | 4.7 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ENE 57° | 158 m | 7.2 mi |
| Barns Hill | NE 38° | 155 m | 5.1 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 60° | 149 m | 5.7 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNE 18° | 144 m | 3.4 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | ENE 58° | 139 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | ENE 58° | 139 m | 4.6 mi |
| Crandall Hill | W 279° | 137 m | 7.9 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43399194
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 2 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Preston · 5 mi
- Mystic · 6 mi
- Stonington · 6 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
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