Mystic Ridge Subdivision Open Space
Mystic Ridge Subdivision Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Ayer Hill stands 144 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Hill Subdivision Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.0 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.7 mi off the Shannock Road
- 19.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Hill Subdivision Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Bindloss Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Pequot Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Peace Nature Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Fish Subdivision Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Pequot Hill: 0.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hazelnut Hill: 2.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.5 mi
- Historic Site of Pequot War Massacre: 0.3 mi
- Mystic Academy Park: 0.7 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.9 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- River Road Park: 1.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 0.8 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Noank Remembers Memorial Bell: 2.5 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 0.9 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 0.9 mi
- Children's Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 1.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 0.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 2.9 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.1 mi
- Groton Beach: 3.5 mi
- Mystic Blue: 0.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 0.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 1.3 mi
- Giant Gnome: 1.3 mi
- Penguin: 1.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.7 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 3.3 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.5 mi
- The Whale: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Cascade: 2.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.8 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 20.3 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 6.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 6.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 6.8 mi
- Laurel Walk: 6.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 0.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 7.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 7.2 mi
- Powder House: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.4 mi
- Crow Head: 20.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.9 mi
- Clay Head: 24.4 mi
- Old Spring: 3.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mystic Ridge Subdivision Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayer Hill | N 8° | 144 m | 8.1 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 24° | 139 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 29° | 139 m | 8.3 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 21° | 132 m | 8.0 mi |
| Church Hill | N 350° | 120 m | 6.3 mi |
| Lantern Hill | NNE 16° | 118 m | 6.8 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | WNW 302° | 108 m | 4.5 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | NW 316° | 108 m | 5.6 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 | 20:25 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Mallard151 obs
- Monarch71 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant66 obs
- Painted Turtle59 obs
- Osprey59 obs
- House Sparrow50 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee49 obs
- American Herring Gull49 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440269
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 1 mi
- Groton · 3 mi
- Stonington · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 5 mi
- New London · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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