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Mooney's Woods

Mooney's Woods from directly overhead

Mooney's Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Barnes Hill stands 283 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Fernridge Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
49 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of West Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.76120, -72.75794
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fernridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Norfeldt Park: 1.2 mi
  • Buena Vista Recreational Complex: 1.2 mi
  • Westmoor Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Old Grist Mill Site: 1.1 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.0 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Fetzer Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 1.5 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Primary Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 48
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 2.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 2.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 12
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 16.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Mooney's Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnes HillW 281°283 m10.3 mi
Talcott MountainNNW 329°276 m4.1 mi
Taine MountainW 272°268 m8.1 mi
Wildcat MountainW 265°262 m9.3 mi
East HillNW 311°261 m9.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillNW 305°257 m9.9 mi
Onion MountainNW 318°253 m9.3 mi
Ely MoundNW 313°246 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk38 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Painted Turtle35 obs
  • Northern Cardinal31 obs
  • American Robin31 obs
  • House Sparrow30 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • Great Blue Heron27 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43436417

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