Nature reserve · Connecticut
Whetten Woods Protected Open Space
Whetten Woods Protected Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hellenic Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
Coordinates41.80415, -72.24000
- 14.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 9.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Hellenic Museum: 0.1 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 0.2 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 1.4 mi
Parks
- Mansfield Town Square: 0.2 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 0.8 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.7 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Pine Lake Community Club: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Nate and Theora Whetten Woods: 0.3 mi
- Hanks Corner Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Jerauld A. Manter Tract: 0.6 mi
- Gurleyville Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Albert E. Moss Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Old root cellar: 1.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 1.4 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 1.7 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.2 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Horsebarn Hill: 1.0 mi
- Ball Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 56
- Weaving Shuttle: 0.2 mi
- U’s and C’s: 0.2 mi
- Copper Tower: 0.3 mi
- The Fallen: 0.6 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 0.6 mi
Waterfalls: 37
- Codfish Falls: 1.5 mi
- Cascades: 2.3 mi
- Cascades: 2.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 35
- Schwenk Family Garden: 0.8 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 0.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 32
- Wolf Rock: 3.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.6 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 7
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.8 mi
- Crow Point: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 11.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Whetten Woods Protected Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NW 305° | 294 m | 9.2 mi |
| Whifford Hill | N 351° | 291 m | 6.1 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 17° | 290 m | 7.9 mi |
| Grant Hill | W 277° | 284 m | 7.6 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 313° | 282 m | 9.2 mi |
| Parker Mountain | N 355° | 275 m | 7.4 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 289° | 275 m | 8.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 25° | 271 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/674343200
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 1 mi
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Tolland · 8 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 13 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Somers · 16 mi
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