Nature reserve · Connecticut
Patriots Park Woods
Patriots Park Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran Green, a park 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
Coordinates41.76271, -72.30535
- 17.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 21.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Veteran Green: 0.2 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.3 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 1.8 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Mill Brook Park: 0.3 mi
- Mason Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Main Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Stonehouse Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Armstrong Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 0.4 mi
- dog memorial: 1.7 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.1 mi
- Old root cellar: 5.3 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.4 mi
Peaks
- Ball Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Riley Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.7 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 4.8 mi
Museums
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 3.9 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 4.2 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 4.3 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 4.5 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 4.0 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 4.0 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 4.1 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 4.1 mi
- The Fallen: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 49
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 4.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.2 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 4.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 46
- Cascades: 3.5 mi
- Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.9 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 9.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 44
- Wolf Rock: 4.8 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.1 mi
- filled-in well: 8.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 9.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 6
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.2 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 22.4 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.6 mi
- Crow Point: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 7.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 17.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic: 21.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Patriots Park Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NNW 333° | 294 m | 9.2 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNE 15° | 291 m | 9.2 mi |
| Grant Hill | NW 312° | 284 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NNW 339° | 282 m | 9.7 mi |
| Reed Hill | NW 319° | 275 m | 7.6 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNE 15° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mannantuck | WSW 247° | 273 m | 9.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WSW 247° | 272 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 4 mi
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Tolland · 8 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 13 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 13 mi
- East Windsor · 17 mi
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