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Wildwood Open Space

Wildwood Open Space from directly overhead

Wildwood Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is 1860 Reservoir Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wethersfield

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68521, -72.69813

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Common: 0.9 mi
  • Mill Brook Park: 1.1 mi
  • Robbins Green: 1.2 mi
  • Maxwell Park: 1.2 mi
  • Farms Village Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 1.2 mi
  • Home: 4.5 mi
  • Pulaski: 5.4 mi
  • Equality: 5.5 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Warner Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Hunger Strikers Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 7.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 22.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Wildwood Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSSW 193°272 m9.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 115°265 m8.9 mi
Ely MoundNW 324°246 m9.1 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 279°229 m6.9 mi
Raccoon HillESE 123°228 m9.4 mi
Ragged MountainSW 234°217 m7.9 mi
Minnechaug MountainENE 74°215 m9.9 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 255°207 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439803

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