Shady Oak Open Space
Shady Oak Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.2 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 21.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Brook Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Lozier Subdivision Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Huntington Way Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Corey Subdivision Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Downes Marsh: 0.9 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 0.7 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 1.0 mi
- River Road Park: 1.2 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 2.1 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 1.0 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 2.2 mi
- Children's Museum: 2.2 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 2.3 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.5 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 2.2 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 2.2 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.3 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.4 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 4.7 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 4.9 mi
- Groton Beach: 4.9 mi
- Giant Gnome: 1.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 1.7 mi
- Penguin: 1.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.2 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.7 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 3.7 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 4.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.5 mi
- The Whale: 6.5 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Yantic Falls: 11.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 18.7 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 6.5 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 6.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 6.8 mi
- Azalea Garden: 6.9 mi
- Laurel Walk: 6.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 8.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 8.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 8.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 7.7 mi
- Powder House: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.3 mi
- Crow Head: 21.8 mi
- Old Spring: 1.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Shady Oak Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 16° | 163 m | 7.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 24° | 155 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 40° | 149 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 10° | 144 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 31° | 139 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NE 36° | 139 m | 6.7 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 27° | 132 m | 6.3 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 345° | 120 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
- Mallard94 obs
- Turkey Vulture30 obs
- Black Vulture25 obs
- Osprey20 obs
- Great Blue Heron17 obs
- American wintergreen17 obs
- House Sparrow16 obs
- Wild Turkey15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440292
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 4 mi
- Stonington · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- New London · 7 mi
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