Widow’s Hole Preserve
Widow’s Hole Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Tower Hill stands 126 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 5th Street Beach Park, a park 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Peconic Land Trust
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 5th Street Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Mitchell Park: 0.4 mi
- Mitchell Park: 0.5 mi
- Fire Dept. Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- The Polo Grounds: 0.7 mi
- Long Island Train Museum: 0.3 mi
- East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Southold Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Horton Point Lighthouse Nautical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Southold Indian Museum: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Beach: 1.1 mi
- Menhaden Lane Beach: 2.2 mi
- Upper Beach: 2.3 mi
- Hashamomuck Beach: 2.7 mi
- Ruth Oliva Preserve at Dam Pond: 2.9 mi
- Oyster Ponds Waterway Access Site: 3.9 mi
- Reese Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Wolf Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Katherine Ordway Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Browns Hills: 5.4 mi
- Powder Hill: 9.1 mi
- Oregon Hills: 10.2 mi
- Mattituck Hills: 12.5 mi
- Beacon Hill: 13.8 mi
- Firefigher of 9/11 Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Trout Ponds (Ruins): 7.3 mi
- Ice House (ruins): 8.7 mi
- Camp 5 Building (ruins): 9.1 mi
- Wolf Pit Lake: 10.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.4 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 18.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 18.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 19.3 mi
- watchtower: 0.5 mi
- Parking: 4.3 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 4.4 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 12.8 mi
- Stone Table: 18.3 mi
- Big Bird: 3.9 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 11.4 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 11.4 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 13.1 mi
- James Madison: 17.8 mi
- Ram Head: 4.7 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 7.8 mi
- Hedges Bank: 8.1 mi
- Crow Head: 11.7 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Cascade: 21.9 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 22.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 23.2 mi
- Cascade: 24.2 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Powder House: 21.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 21.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 11.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Widow’s Hole Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | NNW 336° | 126 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bushy Hill | NNW 343° | 105 m | 18.5 mi |
| Roast Meat Hill | NNW 331° | 103 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pond Hill | NNE 18° | 103 m | 19.8 mi |
| Post Hill | NNW 342° | 101 m | 19.5 mi |
| Millstone Hill | N 355° | 101 m | 19.6 mi |
| Orchard Hill | NNW 348° | 94 m | 18.8 mi |
| Pumphouse Hill | NNE 15° | 86 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:40 | 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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/764329455
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 14 mi
- Old Lyme · 16 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- East Lyme · 19 mi
- Waterford · 21 mi
- New London · 23 mi
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