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The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve

The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Alcorn Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Suffield Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.00331, -72.72776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.4 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.1 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens: 58
  • Front Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.9 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 7.9 mi
  • Epiphany: 8.6 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 8.7 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 47
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 4.2 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 4.2 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 4.2 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Lost Acres Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 15.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.8 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 16.4 mi
  • Indian Leap: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.7 mi
  • Rd: 13.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainNW 311°446 m10.9 mi
Pine MountainWSW 258°421 m10.6 mi
Holden HillNW 307°412 m10.8 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 293°403 m9.7 mi
Washington HillWSW 250°359 m10.2 mi
South MountainWNW 291°357 m7.9 mi
Drake MountainNW 321°350 m9.0 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 306°347 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1080400081

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