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Waldo Preserve

Waldo Preserve from directly overhead

Waldo Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyassup Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.9 miles off.

Private, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44186, -71.88538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 57
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 3.0 mi
  • Penguin: 5.8 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 6.0 mi
  • Mjolnir: 6.0 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 23
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Silver Falls: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 12.4 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 12.6 mi
  • Skate Hut: 13.5 mi
  • Powder House: 13.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Factory Pond: 15.2 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Waldo Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNW 325°163 m4.7 mi
Chapman HillNNE 19°158 m3.8 mi
Barns HillNNW 336°155 m4.0 mi
Pendleton HillNNE 27°153 m4.7 mi
Bay MountainNNW 348°152 m7.1 mi
Stewart HillN 3°149 m2.5 mi
Ayer HillNW 307°144 m4.7 mi
Cossaduck HillNNW 336°139 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440589

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