Nature reserve · Connecticut
Rad Ostby Memorial Forest
Rad Ostby Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 4.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wolf Den Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates41.78457, -72.03467
- 4.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 9.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cherry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Alworth Hill: 1.1 mi
- Hampton Hill: 1.2 mi
- Kimball Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Windy Hill Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Fuller Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Little River Wildlife Area: 2.0 mi
- Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve: 2.1 mi
- H. E. Preston Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Israel Putnam Monument: 4.4 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 4.9 mi
- Brooklyn Recreation Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 4.4 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 4.4 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.4 mi
Museums: 44
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 5.9 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 6.8 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.0 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 9.2 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 28
- Manny: 10.3 mi
- Willy: 10.3 mi
- Windy: 10.4 mi
- Swifty: 10.4 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.9 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 10.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 11.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 20
- Frog Rock: 5.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 5.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 6.1 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 6.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 14
- Thread City Family Garden: 9.5 mi
- Mary's Garden: 10.3 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 11.4 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 11.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 12
- Moosup Pond Beach: 9.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 18.6 mi
- Wescott Beach: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Coney Rock: 8.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.4 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Bara-Hack: 6.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Rad Ostby Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | N 1° | 265 m | 8.2 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | N 359° | 265 m | 9.2 mi |
| Daven Hill | N 4° | 258 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NNW 342° | 257 m | 5.9 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 354° | 252 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | N 0° | 251 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | N 352° | 248 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NW 312° | 241 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/952488038
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Putnam · 11 mi
- Storrs · 11 mi
- Woodstock · 13 mi
- Foster · 15 mi
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