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Pine Hill Woods Open Space

Pine Hill Woods Open Space from directly overhead

Pine Hill Woods Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72935, -72.59805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Welles Park: 0.6 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Addison Park: 0.8 mi
  • Millbrook Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 3.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.4 mi
  • Keney Tower: 5.0 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 1.8 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.8 mi
  • South Wall: 10.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 10.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Pine Hill Woods Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckESE 102°273 m6.6 mi
John Tom HillESE 102°272 m6.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 157°265 m7.4 mi
Box HillNE 56°252 m9.0 mi
Clark HillSSE 158°241 m10.0 mi
Lookout MountainENE 73°237 m6.1 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 115°234 m5.5 mi
Birch MountainENE 77°233 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278780

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