Watrous Open Space
Watrous Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 64 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Haley Woods Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.3 miles off.
Existing Preserved Open Space; Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.3 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haley Woods Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Patricks Court Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Corey Subdivision Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Candlewood Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Haley Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 1.6 mi
- Farquahar Park: 1.6 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.3 mi
- River Road Park: 2.3 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.7 mi
- Gungywamp Hill: 2.7 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.9 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 2.2 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.1 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.1 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 3.2 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 3.2 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.7 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.1 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.2 mi
- Groton Beach: 4.6 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 5.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.1 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.2 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 5.5 mi
- The Whale: 5.6 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.1 mi
- Penguin: 3.1 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.4 mi
- Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Cascade: 3.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 11.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 17.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 5.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 5.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.7 mi
- Laurel Walk: 5.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 6.7 mi
- Powder House: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.5 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 18.2 mi
- Crow Head: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 23.8 mi
- Old Spring: 1.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 20.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 25.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Watrous Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 26° | 163 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNE 21° | 144 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 42° | 139 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NE 45° | 139 m | 7.3 mi |
| Crandall Hill | WNW 301° | 137 m | 7.6 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NE 37° | 132 m | 6.7 mi |
| Church Hill | N 1° | 120 m | 4.1 mi |
| Lantern Hill | NE 35° | 118 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
- Sweet Pepperbush21 obs
- sassafras21 obs
- Canada mayflower19 obs
- mountain laurel18 obs
- Ghost Pipe18 obs
- American wintergreen15 obs
- wood anemone15 obs
- Cucumber Root14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43440037
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 3 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- New London · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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