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White Oak Preserve

White Oak Preserve from directly overhead

White Oak Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynch Hill Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 11 miles off.

Owned by Waterford Land Trust. Natural wooded area, open to the public.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Waterford Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.47095, -72.13493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Montville American Little League Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Fort Shantok Park: 2.9 mi
  • Trading Cove Association: 2.9 mi
  • Judge Crandall Field: 3.6 mi
  • Stoddard Hill Boat Launch: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 38
Waterfalls: 38
  • Yantic Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Silver Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 5.4 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 5.5 mi
  • turtle rock: 8.0 mi
  • The Whale: 8.3 mi
  • tri-town marker: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 26
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 0.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of White Oak Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillW 267°182 m3.5 mi
Maynard HillW 264°174 m5.5 mi
Forsyth HillW 277°171 m4.6 mi
Raymond HillNW 305°170 m2.8 mi
Scott HillNW 322°165 m6.6 mi
Dolbeare HillW 263°162 m2.4 mi
Wawecus HillN 357°153 m4.6 mi
Bear HillNNW 337°152 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43440002

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