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Solomon Woods

Solomon Woods from directly overhead

Solomon Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Eisenhower Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Milford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25001, -73.06608

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 2.2 mi
  • Americana Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 5.0 mi
Beaches
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Silver Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Bayview Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Silver Sands: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 2.5 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 3.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Farmill River Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Cascades: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 2.5 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.2 mi
  • Heron: 6.2 mi
  • An American Dream: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 19
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.1 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 2.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 2.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Pond View: 9.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Solomon Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 345°231 m10.8 mi
Great HillNNW 341°202 m8.3 mi
Barn HillNW 317°200 m9.0 mi
Moose HillNW 308°198 m9.2 mi
Israel HillNW 313°192 m8.0 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW 338°192 m10.1 mi
Round HillNNE 19°190 m10.0 mi
Bugg HillWNW 303°189 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1220057105

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