Nature reserve · Connecticut
Stoddards Wharf Road Open Space
Stoddards Wharf Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the east-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pfizer Field, a park 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
Coordinates41.45179, -72.04358
- 10.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pfizer Field: 0.4 mi
- Stoddard Hill Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
- Judge Crandall Field: 1.3 mi
- Christy Hill Field: 1.9 mi
- Aljen Heights: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Ledyard Kettle Hole Park: 0.5 mi
- Avery Hill Road Extension Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Briarwood Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Devonshire Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Kalmia Drive Open Space: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Avery Hill: 0.7 mi
- Chapman Hill: 0.8 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 1.3 mi
- Red Rock: 1.6 mi
- Maynard Hill: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.1 mi
- Cellar Hole: 5.2 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 5.2 mi
- The Guns: 6.3 mi
Museums
- Nathan Lester House: 2.0 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 3.3 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 3.3 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 4.3 mi
- Submarine Force Library and Museum: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 49
- Austrailia Beach: 7.4 mi
- Groton Beach: 8.1 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 8.4 mi
- Williams Beach: 8.5 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 28
- Yantic Falls: 6.2 mi
- Cascade: 6.8 mi
- Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 25
- Ledyard Oak Site: 2.0 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 2.0 mi
- The Whale: 7.2 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 9.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 23
- River Blue: 3.7 mi
- Sparky: 3.7 mi
- Promised Day: 5.3 mi
- Nevertheless: 5.3 mi
- Muffler Man: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 19
- Sprout Garden: 5.9 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 6.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 4.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Candlewood Ledge: 16.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 22.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Crow Head: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 7.8 mi
- Powder House: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 3.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Johnsonville Village: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Stoddards Wharf Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | ENE 60° | 163 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sharp Hill | W 270° | 149 m | 5.6 mi |
| Ayer Hill | ENE 64° | 144 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | E 84° | 139 m | 6.2 mi |
| Crandall Hill | W 272° | 137 m | 4.4 mi |
| Comstock Hill | WNW 294° | 137 m | 5.6 mi |
| Swantown Hill | ENE 76° | 132 m | 6.4 mi |
| Church Hill | E 82° | 120 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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