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Werner's Woods

Werner's Woods from directly overhead

Werner's Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

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Coordinates41.83966, -72.88371
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • West Mountain Park: 1.0 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 1.3 mi
  • Millennium Field: 1.9 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 2.5 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 5.6 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.7 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 6.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 57
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Shade Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Primary Garden: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 56
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 5.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 8.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Werner's Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 346°421 m9.4 mi
Cotton HillWSW 257°360 m8.4 mi
Washington HillN 349°359 m8.1 mi
Ratlum MountainNW 326°358 m4.1 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 224°354 m8.2 mi
Hayden HillW 262°332 m10.1 mi
West HillWNW 288°328 m7.5 mi
Breezy HillNW 310°327 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/809372706

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