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Tatson's Woods Preserve

Tatson's Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Tatson's Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the east, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Salem Riverside Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Salem Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.45481, -72.30056

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
  • Millington Green: 3.6 mi
  • Powers Lake Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
  • Norwich Pond Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
  • Gardner Lake State Park: 5.0 mi
Museums
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 46
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cascade: 3.8 mi
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Silver Falls: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 43
Artworks: 42
Gardens: 32
  • Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Sprout Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Tatson's Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillE 80°182 m5.2 mi
Tater HillW 277°179 m3.2 mi
Buckley HillNNW 339°176 m7.1 mi
Long HillNNW 336°175 m4.4 mi
Maynard HillE 79°174 m3.1 mi
Cockle HillNNE 18°171 m4.1 mi
Forsyth HillENE 67°171 m4.3 mi
Raymond HillENE 67°170 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1315:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1209254072

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