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Pequot Woods Park

Pequot Woods Park from directly overhead

Pequot Woods Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Ayer Hill stands 144 m to the north, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Hill Subdivision Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Groton

How to reach it

Coordinates41.36235, -71.98748

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Historic Site of Pequot War Massacre: 0.4 mi
  • Mystic Academy Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bel-Aire Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Mystic River Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mystic River Park Playground: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 57
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 20
  • John Kelley Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 1.2 mi
  • Mjolnir: 1.8 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 1.8 mi
  • Penguin: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade: 1.8 mi
  • Silver Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Pequot Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ayer HillN 10°144 m8.5 mi
Wintechog HillNNE 25°139 m7.5 mi
Swantown HillNNE 23°132 m8.4 mi
Church HillN 354°120 m6.5 mi
Lantern HillNNE 18°118 m7.2 mi
Gungywamp HillNW 308°108 m4.4 mi
Vinegar HillNW 321°108 m5.5 mi
Haughton MountainNW 313°103 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1115:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard138 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant65 obs
  • Monarch61 obs
  • Osprey58 obs
  • Great Blue Heron44 obs
  • House Sparrow41 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee41 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage36 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43440177

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