Watrous Woods
Watrous Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Ridgeknoll Road & Gaye Lane), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wallingford Land Trust
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cook Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Tom: 0.8 mi
- Spice Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jinny Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Carmel: 3.8 mi
- Gaylord Fields: 0.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Schoolhouse Rd.& Algonquin Drive): 0.9 mi
- Lufbery Park: 1.0 mi
- Lakeside Park: 1.1 mi
- Emerson Leonard Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
- Lyman Hall Monument: 1.8 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Red Bridge: 3.4 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 4.7 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.7 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 4.8 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.5 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.4 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 9.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 3.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.1 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 14.6 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 14.8 mi
- snake: 10.1 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 10.4 mi
- First Tear: 10.8 mi
- Turtle Statue: 11.0 mi
- Maori Head: 11.1 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 5.8 mi
- 1954: 7.7 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 9.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 9.5 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 10.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 8.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- Green Wall: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.0 mi
- Pond View: 23.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 23.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 23.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Watrous Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | N 1° | 301 m | 6.1 mi |
| East Peak | N 5° | 277 m | 5.7 mi |
| Higby Mountain | NE 45° | 272 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Sanford | W 261° | 263 m | 5.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 293° | 263 m | 8.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 286° | 260 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | W 276° | 259 m | 8.5 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | W 269° | 253 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438413
Day trips start here
- Essex · 25 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
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