Peters Memorial Woods
Peters Memorial Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Brickyard & Fairy Dell Rds), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off.
Private, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian River Recreation Complex: 1.2 mi
- Kirtland Landing: 1.7 mi
- Liberty Green: 2.1 mi
- Lafayette Green: 2.2 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Cow Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Tom: 2.5 mi
- Murdock Hill: 2.6 mi
- Spencer Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 2.0 mi
- Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Tercentenary: 2.1 mi
- Abraham Pierson Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Charles Morgan Statue: 2.1 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.7 mi
- Meigs Point Nature Center: 4.2 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 2.8 mi
- Clinton Beach: 2.9 mi
- Grove Beach: 2.9 mi
- West Beach: 3.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 3.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 8.3 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 6.2 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.9 mi
- Cascade: 10.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
- Stone Table: 3.8 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 4.6 mi
- Historic Ferry: 8.7 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.5 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 10.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 4.9 mi
- James Madison: 5.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.4 mi
- snake: 10.8 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 17.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.1 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 11.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
- Powder House: 20.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 20.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 9.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Peters Memorial Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 344° | 201 m | 9.8 mi |
| Long Hill | N 2° | 154 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 325° | 153 m | 10.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 1° | 140 m | 8.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 5° | 138 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 50° | 136 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 330° | 135 m | 10.4 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNE 12° | 128 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43436781
Day trips start here
- Essex · 7 mi
- Old Saybrook · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 11 mi
- East Lyme · 15 mi
- Waterford · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 20 mi
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