Transylvania Woods
Transylvania Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Meadow, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Flanders Nature Center
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Meadow: 0.5 mi
- Aisley Meadows: 0.6 mi
- Skinner: 0.9 mi
- Mayflower: 1.0 mi
- Riverbend Durfee: 1.2 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.5 mi
- Orenaug Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Orenaug Hills: 1.6 mi
- Sawtooth Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Hollow Park: 0.8 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 1.1 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 1.8 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 1.9 mi
- George Bennett Park: 1.9 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 7.7 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 7.7 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 1.1 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 1.1 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.5 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.0 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.7 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 6.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 1.0 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 8.0 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Waterfront: 11.9 mi
- Boating Side: 12.0 mi
- Millstone: 5.7 mi
- Millstone: 5.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.2 mi
- Indian village: 7.7 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 7.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 3.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.5 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.5 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.5 mi
- Maori Head: 10.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 1.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
- Pond View: 14.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Transylvania Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | NW 325° | 324 m | 6.0 mi |
| Good Hill | NW 314° | 292 m | 2.7 mi |
| Great Hill | E 85° | 292 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | ENE 72° | 282 m | 3.0 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | NW 309° | 282 m | 5.3 mi |
| Andrews Hill | ESE 114° | 275 m | 7.5 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | ESE 117° | 273 m | 5.8 mi |
| Botsford Hill | W 271° | 267 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1208820648
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 28 mi
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