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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 145 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawton School Site, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83458, -72.88523

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 1.0 mi
  • West Mountain Park: 1.3 mi
  • Millennium Field: 1.6 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 2.4 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 2.8 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 5.2 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.9 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.9 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Perennial Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Primary Garden: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 57
Attractions: 56
  • Wreck: 1.9 mi
  • Heublein Tower: 4.5 mi
  • King Philip's Cave: 4.5 mi
  • Boehm house site: 4.6 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 5.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 5.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Hermit spring: 8.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Werner's Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 347°421 m9.7 mi
Cotton HillW 259°360 m8.3 mi
Washington HillN 350°359 m8.4 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW 329°358 m4.3 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 225°354 m7.9 mi
West HillWNW 291°328 m7.5 mi
Breezy HillNW 314°327 m3.9 mi
Pine ConeN 5°323 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/809372705

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