Nature reserve · Connecticut
Shoddy Mill Road Open Space
Shoddy Mill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank Lombardi Memorial, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Andover
How to reach it
Coordinates41.74291, -72.39592
- 21.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 0.8 mi
- dog memorial: 3.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.9 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 7.7 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 7.7 mi
Peaks
- Monument Hill: 0.9 mi
- New Boston Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Whites Hill: 3.6 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Long Hill Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Lombardi Ridge Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Boston Hill Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Bobcat Woods Community Forest: 1.3 mi
- Estonia Club: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.5 mi
- Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 4.2 mi
- Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 4.2 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Indian Notch Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Sorry Rock: 5.7 mi
- Frog: 8.4 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 8.5 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 8.6 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 8.6 mi
Museums
- Lutz Children's Museum: 6.4 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 6.8 mi
- The Fire Museum: 7.1 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 7.3 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 53
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.2 mi
- fern and rock garden: 6.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.6 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 49
- Nike Missile Site: 6.0 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.6 mi
- filled-in well: 6.8 mi
- Car Wreck: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 48
- Blackledge Falls: 4.4 mi
- Case Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.2 mi
- Cascade: 5.8 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Flag Rock: 4.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.8 mi
- Crow Point: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 5
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 18.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 2.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
- Picnic: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Shoddy Mill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | N 3° | 294 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grant Hill | N 5° | 284 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 7° | 282 m | 10.5 mi |
| Reed Hill | N 357° | 275 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mannantuck | WSW 239° | 273 m | 4.6 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WSW 239° | 272 m | 4.6 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SW 224° | 265 m | 10.9 mi |
| Box Hill | NW 324° | 252 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 9 mi
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- Willimantic · 9 mi
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- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 16 mi
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